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'''Reductionism''' is the view that everything can be explained in term of [[naturalistic]] [[cause and effect]].<ref name="WhomadeGod">{{cite book
|author=Edgar Anrews
|title= Who made God? Searching for a theory of everything.
|chapter=16.The second shoe: Man and his mind
|publisher= EP Books
|location= Carlisle, PA, USA
|year= 201093-94
|pages=247, 252, 259
|isbn=978-0-85234-707-2
|url=http://books.google.no/books?id=p5LkPwAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Edgar+Andrews%22&hl=sk&sa=X&ei=zjlbT9DPLqnP4QSeo5XhDw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA
|quote= }}</ref>
== Methodological reductionism ==
'''[[Methodology|Methodological]] reductionism''' refers to procedure when problem (the object of explaining something) is spit up into separate parts or aspects and thus reduce it to simpler components that are individually easier to investigate. It is major part of the normal process of science.<ref name="LENNOX">{{cite book
|author=John C. Lennox
|title=God's undertaker. Has science buried God?
|chapter=3.Reduction, reduction, reduction...Reductionism
|publisher=Lion Hudson
|location=Oxford, England
|year=2009
|pages=52-57
|url= http://books.google.no/books?id=jaV4gLt24HYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=lennox+God%27s+undertaker&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2i5bT_2tD8Lysga87-ycDA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=lennox%20God%27s%20undertaker&f=false
|isbn=978-0-7459-5371-7
|quote=}}</ref>
== Epistemological reductionism ==
'''[[Epistemology|Epistemological]] reductionism''' is the view that the higher level phenomena can be explained by processes at a lower level.<ref name="LENNOX"/>
== Ontological reductionism ==
'''[[Ontology|Ontological]] reductionism''' is associated with perception that the universe is nothing but a collection of atoms in motion, human beings are simply machines for propagating DNA which is self-sustaining process, the sense of personal identity, free will, and concept of beauty are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules; and there is no ultimate purpose in the universe.<ref name="LENNOX"/> All human mental experiences such as hopes, fears, loves and beliefs are deemed as reduced to accidental atomic interactions.<ref name="WhomadeGod"/>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Philosophy of science]]
[[Category:Methodology of Science]]
|author=Edgar Anrews
|title= Who made God? Searching for a theory of everything.
|chapter=16.The second shoe: Man and his mind
|publisher= EP Books
|location= Carlisle, PA, USA
|year= 201093-94
|pages=247, 252, 259
|isbn=978-0-85234-707-2
|url=http://books.google.no/books?id=p5LkPwAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Edgar+Andrews%22&hl=sk&sa=X&ei=zjlbT9DPLqnP4QSeo5XhDw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA
|quote= }}</ref>
== Methodological reductionism ==
'''[[Methodology|Methodological]] reductionism''' refers to procedure when problem (the object of explaining something) is spit up into separate parts or aspects and thus reduce it to simpler components that are individually easier to investigate. It is major part of the normal process of science.<ref name="LENNOX">{{cite book
|author=John C. Lennox
|title=God's undertaker. Has science buried God?
|chapter=3.Reduction, reduction, reduction...Reductionism
|publisher=Lion Hudson
|location=Oxford, England
|year=2009
|pages=52-57
|url= http://books.google.no/books?id=jaV4gLt24HYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=lennox+God%27s+undertaker&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2i5bT_2tD8Lysga87-ycDA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=lennox%20God%27s%20undertaker&f=false
|isbn=978-0-7459-5371-7
|quote=}}</ref>
== Epistemological reductionism ==
'''[[Epistemology|Epistemological]] reductionism''' is the view that the higher level phenomena can be explained by processes at a lower level.<ref name="LENNOX"/>
== Ontological reductionism ==
'''[[Ontology|Ontological]] reductionism''' is associated with perception that the universe is nothing but a collection of atoms in motion, human beings are simply machines for propagating DNA which is self-sustaining process, the sense of personal identity, free will, and concept of beauty are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules; and there is no ultimate purpose in the universe.<ref name="LENNOX"/> All human mental experiences such as hopes, fears, loves and beliefs are deemed as reduced to accidental atomic interactions.<ref name="WhomadeGod"/>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Philosophy of science]]
[[Category:Methodology of Science]]