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 Reductionism : Biological Psychology
844 words, approx. 3 pages The main claim of reductionism is that the goal of science in the long run is to discover reductive explanations of macro phenomena. Reduction is a relation between scientific theories about some natural phenomenon. The macro-level theory describes the... summary from source:
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557 words, approx. 2 pagesHarvard biologist, and two-time Pulitzer-Prize winner, Edward O. Wilson, in his 1998 book Consilience, stated that "the cutting edge of science is reductionism, the breaking apart of nature into its natural constituents." The journal Nature, in 1997,... summary from source:
Reductionism : Philosophy Terms
322 words, approx. 1 pages. Also called reductivism. Tendency to reduce certain notions, whether everyday ones, like physical object, or theoretical ones in science, like electron, to allegedly simpler or more basic notions, or more empirically accessible ones, e.g. one might... summary from source:
Reductionism : British Education Terminology
117 words, approx. 1 pagesA belief held by some psychologists and others that it is possible to explain a complex phenomenon by breaking it down into smaller parts and explaining the individual constituents. Behaviourist psychology is said to be reductionist because it claims... summary from source:
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Reductionism can either mean (a) an approach to understanding the nature of complex things by reducing them to the interactions of their parts, or to simpler or more fundamental things or (b) a philosophical position that a complex system is nothing but...
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 The New York Observer A Pair of Atheists Agree: Time to Let Go of God
10/15/2006: 1,477 words, approx. 5 pagesLetter to a Christian Nation, by Sam Harris. Alfred A. Knopf, 96 pages, $16.95. With the publication in 1976 of The Selfish Gene, in which he argued that genes—not individuals—are the key units of natural selection, Richard Dawkins made his grand entrance into... summary from source:
The New York Observer A Pair of Atheists Agree: Time to Let Go of God
10/15/2006: 1,477 words, approx. 5 pagesLetter to a Christian Nation, by Sam Harris. Alfred A. Knopf, 96 pages, $16.95. With the publication in 1976 of The Selfish Gene, in which he argued that genes—not individuals—are the key units of natural selection, Richard Dawkins made his grand entrance into the... summary from source:
The New York Observer The Critic as Pugilist, Champion of High Art
12/24/2006: 1,288 words, approx. 4 pagesThe cultural critic Lee Siegel is known as something of a terror for his slashing, razor-sharp essays and reviews. His savage eloquence has ticked off a lot of folk, and his not entirely deserved reputation as a hatchet man—news flash: There’s plenty of stuff Lee... summary from source:
The New York Observer The Critic as Pugilist, Champion of High Art
12/24/2006: 1,289 words, approx. 4 pagesThe cultural critic Lee Siegel is known as something of a terror for his slashing, razor-sharp essays and reviews. His savage eloquence has ticked off a lot of folk, and his not entirely deserved reputation as a hatchet man—news flash: There’s plenty of stuff Lee...
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