Who among the following championed the theory of Organicism?
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Organicism is the philosophical position which states that the universe and its various parts—including human societies—are to be considered alive and naturally ordered, much like a living organism.Vital to the position is the idea that organicistic elements are not dormant "things" per se but rather dynamic components in a comprehensive system that, too, is ever-changing. Organicism is related to, although remains distinct from, holism insofar as organicism prefigures holism; and the latter concept is applied within a broader scope to universal part-whole interconnections—such as anthropology and sociology—and the former is traditionally confined to philosophical and biological applications. Further, organicism is incongruous with reductionism, as well, for its (i.e. organicism's) consideration of "both bottom-up and top-down causation." Regarded as a fundamental tenet in the realm of natural philosophy, organicism has remained a vital current alongside both reductionist and mechanist approaches that have guided scientific inquiry since the early 17th century.