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Reductionism is the view that everything can be explained in term of naturalistic cause and effect.[1]
Methodological reductionism
Methodological reductionism refers to procedure when problem (the object of explaining something) is split up into separate parts or aspects and thus reduced to simpler components that are individually easier to investigate. Methodological reductionism is major part of the normal process of science.[2]
Epistemological reductionism
Epistemological reductionism is the view that the higher level phenomena can be explained by processes at a lower level.[2]
Ontological reductionism
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.[2] All human mental experiences such as hopes, fears, loves and beliefs are deemed as reduced to accidental atomic interactions.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Edgar Anrews (201093-94). "16.The second shoe: Man and his mind", Who made God? Searching for a theory of everything.. Carlisle, PA, USA: EP Books, 247, 252, 259. ISBN 978-0-85234-707-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 John C. Lennox (2009). "3.Reduction, reduction, reduction...Reductionism", God's undertaker. Has science buried God?. Oxford, England: Lion Hudson, 52-57. ISBN 978-0-7459-5371-7.