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reductionists — n. supporter of reductionism, one who believes that all phenomena can be explained in terms of a simpler phenomenon … English contemporary dictionary
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Developmental systems theory — In developmental psychology, developmental systems theory (DST) is an overarching theoretical perspective on biological development, heredity, and evolution [1]. It emphasizes the equal contributions of genes, environment, and epigenetic factors… … Wikipedia
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Greedy 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… … Wikipedia
Multiple realizability — Hilary Putnam, one of the founders of multiple realizability Multiple realizability, in philosophy of mind, is the thesis that the same mental property, state, or event can be implemented by different physical properties, states or events. The… … Wikipedia
Antiscience — is a position critical of science and the scientific method. People holding antiscientific views are generally skeptical that science is an objective method, as it purports to be, or that it generates universal knowledge. They also contend that… … Wikipedia
Memetics — This article is related to the study of self replicating units of culture, not to be confused with mimetics. Memetics is a theory of mental content based on an analogy with Darwinian evolution, originating from Richard Dawkins 1976 book The… … Wikipedia
Reductionism — Descartes held that non human animals could be reductively explained as automata De homine, 1662. Reductionism can mean either (a) an approach to understanding the nature of complex things by reducing them to the interactions of their parts, or… … Wikipedia
