On reduction

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Stephanie Hull

This seems relevant to our discussion today on reduction. I can’t figure out whether this image reflects a layer-cake view or a tree view of the hierarchy of science to be reduced, har har.

xkcd: Purity

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André Ariew

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Darwin’s notebook: “Babbage 2d Edit. p. 226 — Herschel calls the appearance of new species the mystery of mysteries, & has grand passage upon the problem.! Hurrah — “intermediate causes” For more notebook texts see here.

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