Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Wholes and parts

2.1 Components and connections
2.2 Novelists and reductionists
2.3 Parts and holes
2.4 Holes and parts
2.5 Easy things are hard
2.6 Are people machines?

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2.3 p 27
We say "gestalt" when things combine to act in ways we can't
explain, "holistic" when we're caught off guard by unexpected
happenings and realize we understand less than we thought we
did.

2.4 Holes and parts, p 28
Holist: "I'll prove no box can hold a mouse. [...] no box can
hold a mouse unless it has some 'mousetightness' or
'containment' [...] there is no containment in one board, there
can't be any in six boards [...]".