The Trouble With "Factors"

An episode of the In Dialogue with Nature podcast, hosted by The Nature Institute, titled "The Trouble With "Factors"" was published on November 21, 2025 and runs 31 minutes.

November 21, 2025 ·31m · In Dialogue with Nature

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A reading of “The Trouble With 'Factors'" by Craig Holdrege. This article carefully, and thoughtfully, reflects on the tendency of modern scientific investigation to analyze organisms into their component parts and the organism's environment into a myriad of separate factors. How might we see the organism in its wholeness, its natural environment, and its connectedness?The essay was first published in issue #52 of In Context (Fall 2024). We have also put out a companion episode where Craig Holdrege and podcast host John Gouldthorpe enter into conversation about the article and the issues raised therein.

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A reading of “The Trouble With 'Factors'" by Craig Holdrege. This article carefully, and thoughtfully, reflects on the tendency of modern scientific investigation to analyze organisms into their component parts and the organism's environment into a myriad of separate factors. How might we see the organism in its wholeness, its natural environment, and its connectedness?

The essay was first published in issue #52 of In Context (Fall 2024).

We have also put out a companion episode where Craig Holdrege and podcast host John Gouldthorpe enter into conversation about the article and the issues raised therein.

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