Definition
In attempting to define consciousness, two groups of philosophers and scientists have tried two different methods. On the one hand, the view of the old Aristotelian tradition of Holism in philosophy and in science as well is held by those who believed that "the whole is more than the sum of its parts." Today, those who have endorsed the holistic view of the mind argue that for ontological reasons, the mind can't be analyzed merely by studying the parts of the brain.