atomicism

And thus, in this first chapter, have we not only quite disarmed atheism of atomicism, or shewed that the latter, (rightly understood) affordeth no manner of shelter or protection to the former; but also made it manifest, that it is the greatest bulwark and defence against the same; which is a thing afterwards further insisted on.

1822, Ralph Cudworth, “The true Intellectual System of the Universe, wherein all the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is confuted, and its Impossibility demonstrated, &c.”, in Henry Southern, editor, The Retrospective Review, volume 6, page 55

Quite on the contrary, if we insist on the particle "allegory" we must grant that the so-called "particles" have strictly no individuality. In the end, the picture we get is closer to Plotinism than to philosophical atomicism!

2023, Evandro Agazzi, Realism and Quantum Physics, page 170

In the history of knowledge, atomicism has been the moving force behind the vast majority of scientific breakthroughs, especially in physics and mechanics.

1982, Environment and Planning: Planning & design. B - Volume 9, page 393

But Cassirer may help us to realize that it is not geneticism alone that is being surpassed: a certain "atomicism” —i.e., the isolation of the single parts of a system — is also under general attack.

2015, Claudio Guillen, Literature as System: Essays Toward the Theory of Literary History, page 57