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  • 21Greedy reductionism — is a term coined by Daniel Dennett, in his 1995 book Darwin s Dangerous Idea, to refer to a kind of erroneous reductionism. Whereas good reductionism means explaining a thing in terms of what it reduces to (for example, its parts and their… …

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  • 22Ontological reductionism — a number of related, contentious theories that hold, very roughly, that the nature of complex things can always be reduced to (be explained by) simpler or more fundamental things. This is said of objects, phenomena, explanations, theories, and… …

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  • 23Methodological reductionism — a number of related, contentious theories that hold, very roughly, that the nature of complex things can always be reduced to (be explained by) simpler or more fundamental things. This is said of objects, phenomena, explanations, theories, and… …

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  • 24Theoretical reductionism — a number of related, contentious theories that hold, very roughly, that the nature of complex things can always be reduced to (be explained by) simpler or more fundamental things. This is said of objects, phenomena, explanations, theories, and… …

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  • 25Scientific reductionism — a number of related, contentious theories that hold, very roughly, that the nature of complex things can always be reduced to (be explained by) simpler or more fundamental things. This is said of objects, phenomena, explanations, theories, and… …

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  • 26Linguistic reductionism — a number of related, contentious theories that hold, very roughly, that the nature of complex things can always be reduced to (be explained by) simpler or more fundamental things. This is said of objects, phenomena, explanations, theories, and… …

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  • 27Greedy reductionism — a number of related, contentious theories that hold, very roughly, that the nature of complex things can always be reduced to (be explained by) simpler or more fundamental things. This is said of objects, phenomena, explanations, theories, and… …

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  • 28Analytical reductionism — a number of related, contentious theories that hold, very roughly, that the nature of complex things can always be reduced to (be explained by) simpler or more fundamental things. This is said of objects, phenomena, explanations, theories, and… …

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  • 29biological reductionism — biological reductionism, biologism A theoretical approach which explains social or cultural phenomena in biological terms. Twentieth century incarnations of biological reductionism have relied to varying degrees on Darwin s theory of evolution… …

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  • 30Constructionism and reductionism (wiki) — m:Transwiki:Constructionism and reductionism (wiki) This page is a soft redirect. Categories: Wikipedia soft redirects …

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