Reductionism

Reductionists are those who take one theory or phenomenon to be reducible to some other theory or phenomenon. For example, a reductionist regarding mathematics might take any given mathematical theory to be reducible to logic or set theory.

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Chaos and Reductionism
<a href="/notes/holism/" class="backlink__link">Holism</a> <div class="backlink__preview" role="none"> <ul> <li><a href="http://paulaustinmurphypam.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-reductionist-analysis-of-reductionism.html">http://paulaustinmurphypam.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-reductionist-analysis-of-reductionism.html</a></li> </ul> <p>Lecture series by Robert Sapolsky nicely illustrates how different people from looking things from different theories work together to explain</p> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </section> <section> <h4 >No related notes</h4> <section> </article> </main> </body> </html>

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