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+|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CpCL3qNlAgEC&pg=PA106&dq=Scientific+Reduction+and+the+Essential+Incompleteness+of+All+Science+Popper&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WpLXT-q0Jqfb4QTe1aCNAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Scientific%20Reduction%20and%20the%20Essential%20Incompleteness%20of%20All%20Science%20Popper&f=false
 |isbn=978-0-4153-1971-3
 |quote=}}</ref> As an example he is pointing at the [[origin of life]] and of the [[genetic code]] and suggests that we may be faced with the possibility that the origin of life (like [[Singularity|the origin of physics]]) becomes an impenetrable barrier to science, and a residue to all attempts to reduce biology to [[chemistry]] and [[physics]].<ref name="Incompleteness">{{cite book

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-[[Category:Philosophy of science]]
+[[Category:Philosophy of Science]]
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 |location=Oxford, England
 |year=2009
-|pages=52-57
+|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

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 == 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"/>
+'''[[Epistemology|Epistemological]] reductionism''' is the view that the higher level [[phenomena]] can be explained by [[process]]es at a lower level.<ref name="LENNOX"/>
 == Ontological reductionism ==

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 == Theological reductionism ==
-'''Theological reductionism''' in [[Christian Theology]] is cutting down the [[Christian]] [[revelation]] to suit one's own theory. According to M.A. Smith, Marcarion, whose heretic sect exhibited traits of [[Gnosticism]], was an early example of reductionist in this respect.<ref name="Smith">{{cite book
+'''[[Theology|Theological]] reductionism''' in [[Christian Theology]] is cutting down the [[Christian]] [[revelation]] to suit one's own theory. According to M.A. Smith, Marcarion, whose heretic sect exhibited traits of [[Gnosticism]], was an early example of reductionist in this respect.<ref name="Smith">{{cite book
 |title=From Christ to Constantine
 |author=M.A.Smith
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 |isbn=0-85110-570-X
 |url=http://books.google.no/books?id=9coLOAAACAAJ&dq=0-85110-570-X&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1nKMUJWCPKPe4QS60oHAAQ&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA
 }}</ref>
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	'''[[Ontology\|Ontological]] reductionism''' is associated with perception that the [[universe]] is nothing but a collection of [[atom]]s 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 [[Neuron\|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"/>		'''[[Ontology\|Ontological]] reductionism''' is associated with perception that the [[universe]] is nothing but a collection of [[atom]]s 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 [[Neuron\|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"/>

		+	== Theological reductionism ==

		+	'''Theological reductionism''' in [[Christian Theology]] is cutting down the [[Christian]] [[revelation]] to suit one's own theory. According to M.A. Smith, Marcarion, whose heretic sect exhibited traits of [[Gnosticism]], was an early example of reductionist in this respect.<ref name="Smith">{{cite book
		+	\|title=From Christ to Constantine
		+	\|author=M.A.Smith
		+	\|publisher=Inter-Varsity Press
		+	\|location=London
		+	\|year=1971
		+	\|pages=48
		+	\|isbn=0-85110-570-X
		+	\|url=http://books.google.no/books?id=9coLOAAACAAJ&dq=0-85110-570-X&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1nKMUJWCPKPe4QS60oHAAQ&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA
		+	}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==

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 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CpCL3qNlAgEC&pg=PA106&dq=Scientific+Reduction+and+the+Essential+Incompleteness+of+All+Science+Popper&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WpLXT-q0Jqfb4QTe1aCNAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Scientific%20Reduction%20and%20the%20Essential%20Incompleteness%20of%20All%20Science%20Popper&f=false
 |isbn=978-0-4153-1971-3
-|quote=}}</ref> As an example he is pointing at the origin of life and of the genetic code and suggests that we may be faced with the possibility that the origin of life (like [[Singularity|the origin of physics]]) becomes an impenetrable barrier to science, and a residue to all attempts to reduce biology to chemistry and physics.<ref name="Incompleteness">{{cite book
+|quote=}}</ref> As an example he is pointing at the [[origin of life]] and of the [[genetic code]] and suggests that we may be faced with the possibility that the origin of life (like [[Singularity|the origin of physics]]) becomes an impenetrable barrier to science, and a residue to all attempts to reduce biology to [[chemistry]] and [[physics]].<ref name="Incompleteness">{{cite book
 |author=Karl R. Popper
 |title=Scientific Reduction and the Essential Incompleteness of All Science. Quoted in Ayala, F. and Dobzhansky, T., eds., Studies in the Philosophy of Biology, University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 270

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 == The Essential Incompleteness of All Science ==
-In [Karl Popper|Popper's] view the attempts at methodological reduction are fruitful, however there are still residues or vicious circles that have prevented full scientific reductions to be accomplished.<ref name="CriticalAppraisals">{{cite book
+In [[Karl Popper|Popper's]] view the attempts at methodological reduction are fruitful, however there are still residues or vicious circles that have prevented full scientific reductions to be accomplished.<ref name="CriticalAppraisals">{{cite book
 |author=Philip Catton
 |title=Karl Popper: Critical Appraisals
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 |page=106
 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CpCL3qNlAgEC&pg=PA106&dq=Scientific+Reduction+and+the+Essential+Incompleteness+of+All+Science+Popper&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WpLXT-q0Jqfb4QTe1aCNAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Scientific%20Reduction%20and%20the%20Essential%20Incompleteness%20of%20All%20Science%20Popper&f=false
-|quote=}}</ref> As an example he is pointing at the origin of life and of the genetic code and suggests that we may be faced with the possibility that the origin of life (like [Singularity|the origin of physics]) becomes an impenetrable barrier to science, and a residue to all attempts to reduce biology to chemistry and physics.<ref name="Incompleteness">{{cite book
+|quote=}}</ref> As an example he is pointing at the origin of life and of the genetic code and suggests that we may be faced with the possibility that the origin of life (like [[Singularity|the origin of physics]]) becomes an impenetrable barrier to science, and a residue to all attempts to reduce biology to chemistry and physics.<ref name="Incompleteness">{{cite book
 |author=Karl R. Popper
 |title=Scientific Reduction and the Essential Incompleteness of All Science. Quoted in Ayala, F. and Dobzhansky, T., eds., Studies in the Philosophy of Biology, University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 270