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|location=Oxford, England

|location=Oxford, England

|year=2009

|year=2009

|pages=52-57

|pages=52–57

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|page=106

|page=106

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|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

== Epistemological reductionism ==

== 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 ==

== Ontological reductionism ==

== Theological reductionism ==

== 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

|title=From Christ to Constantine

|author=M.A.Smith

|author=M.A.Smith

|isbn=0-85110-570-X

|isbn=0-85110-570-X

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== References ==

== References ==

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