Reductionism
Bennett (M.R.) & Hacker (P.M.S.)
Source: Bennett & Hacker - Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience, Chapter 13
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Sections

  1. Ontological and Explanatory Reductionism – 355
    (Crick, Blakemore)
  2. Reduction by Elimination – 366
    (P. M. and P. S. Churchland)
    • 2.1 – Are our ordinary psychological concepts theoretical? – 367
      (P. M. Churchland)
    • 2.2 – Are everyday generalizations about human psychology laws of a theory? – 370
      (P. M. Churchland)
    • 2.3 – Eliminating all that is human – 372
      (P. M. and P. S. Churchland, Dawkins)
    • Sawing off the branch on which one sits – 376
Comment:

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