subscendence

is the notion that the whole is always less than the sum of its parts. A street full of people is much more than just a part of a greater whole called “city.”

We must find some tools to dismantle it. Why not rewrite holism such that the whole is always less than the sum of its parts? Let’s call it “subscendence.” We’ll go about proving this by examining some features of object-oriented ontology. We should see things such as humankind as wholes that are less than the sum of their parts. Tim Morton is so many more things than just “human.” A street full of people is much more than just a part of a greater whole called “city.”

is not the same as individualism. Individualism means that individuals are more real than wholes while subscendence is where the whole and the parts are just as real, only the whole is always smaller than its parts

Subscendence is not the same as individualism. Individualism means that individuals are more real than groups or wholes. . . . According to subscendence, wholes and parts are just as real as one another. It is simply that the whole is less than the sum of its parts. We could build a logic square, in fact, to make this clear:

subscendence, n.Definitions

subscendence