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Analysis

Synthesis

Cause and effect Unpredictability; emergence
Medical model Solution-focused model
Reductionistic thinking
Convergent thinking
Systems thinking
Divergent thinking
Creativity, design
Focus on the past
Static
Focus on the future
Dynamic
Biomedical research: RCTs Information theory
Standards, guidelines, protocols
(fixed)
Navigation by entropy
Objective reality Reality depends on observation
(Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle)
(Sociology: social constructivism)