• but: the relationship between the particular and...
  • because: the particular is not representative enough
    • but: the universal can be seen within the...
      • because: the whole can be present in the part
        • because: e.g. the primal phenomenon is a concrete...
      • because: the particular can become symbolic of the...
    • because: it is just one instance of something
      • but: an instance can be worth a thousand, bearing...
  • because: it is not scientific to make generalizations...
    • but: researchers do that all the time
      • but: that doesn't make it a good practice
The particular cannot be the model for the whole
  • but: in biology, DNA is the model for the organism
  • but: in maths, cellular automata rules cause patterns
  • but: in a fractal pattern, small is model for large
  • but: every part can reveal something of the whole
    • because: the parts authenticate the whole
      • because: they make the whole unique
    • because: the whole cannot appear until the part(s)...
      • but: the part(s) cannot be recognized as such...