The phrase "a linear view of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing perspectives or interpretations that follow a straightforward, sequential, or one-dimensional approach to a subject.
Example: "The author presents a linear view of history, suggesting that events unfold in a straight line without considering the complexities involved."
Alternatives: "a straightforward perspective on" or "a one-dimensional interpretation of".
I often hear people complain that science has a "linear" view of the world.
This is both a reductionist and a linear view of human decision-making.
One would anyway not expect a linear view of history to emanate from the imagination of a continent notorious for its inability to achieve significant development.
In one camp sat those who held to a "linear" view of progress: if a business does A, B and C in sequence, then, the argument runs, D will ultimately come about (D being systemic sustainability).
Many contemporary observers, whether of the left or the right, agree on a linear view of history: we have entered a unique, new age, whether of globalization or single-superpower hegemony or a telecommunications revolution or post-modern culture.
Some time ago we replaced a linear view of our evolution by one represented by a branching tree.
This is in line with the large body of scientific literature on barriers to, and facilitators of, effective knowledge exchange, with a strong bias towards research as the only legitimate source of knowledge, a linear view on knowledge exchange as diffusion with a limited focus on bilateral or multilateral interfaces [ 38].
Threads were originally presented in a linear view regardless of the reply relationship and sorted cronologically.
In a stroke, a neat, linear view of history was complicated and refreshed.
The question to be addressed now is whether a single linear view of progress from a pioneering anti-oestrogen to a drug that removes all oestrogen from a woman's body is the only dimension to be considered in chemoprevention.
A logically linear view of setting up a model of the reactor process would suggest that the model's inputs should be the feed characteristics and the reactor operating conditions, and the model output would be the product quality.
