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	== Definitions ==		== Definitions ==
	''The Oxford Companion to Philosophy'' suggests that reductionism is "one of the most used and abused terms in the philosophical lexicon" and suggests a three-part division:<ref name=Ruse>{{cite book \|title=The Oxford Companion to Philosophy \|author=Michael Ruse \|editor=Ted Honderich \|isbn=978-0-19-103747-4 \|year=2005 \|edition=2nd \|chapter=Entry for "reductionism" \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|page=793 \|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJFCAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT1884}}</ref>		''The Oxford Companion to Philosophy'' suggests that reductionism is "one of the most used and abused terms in the philosophical lexicon" and suggests a three-part division:<ref name=Ruse>{{cite book \|title=The Oxford Companion to Philosophy \|author=Michael Ruse \|editor=Ted Honderich \|isbn=978-0-19-103747-4 \|year=2005 \|edition=2nd \|chapter=Entry for "reductionism" \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|page=793 \|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJFCAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT1884}}</ref>
	# '''Ontological reductionism''': a belief that the whole of reality consists of a minimal number of parts.		# '''Ontological reductionism''': a belief that the whole of [[reality]] consists of a minimal number of parts.
	# '''Methodological reductionism''': the scientific attempt to provide an explanation in terms of ever-smaller entities.		# '''Methodological reductionism''': the scientific attempt to provide an explanation in terms of ever-smaller entities.
	# '''Theory reductionism''': the suggestion that a newer [[theory]] does not replace or absorb an older one, but reduces it to more basic terms. Theory reduction itself is divisible into three parts: translation, derivation, and explanation.<ref>Alyssa Ney. "Reductionism". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. IEP, University of Tennessee.</ref>		# '''Theory reductionism''': the suggestion that a newer [[theory]] does not replace or absorb an older one, but reduces it to more basic terms. Theory reduction itself is divisible into three parts: translation, derivation, and explanation.<ref>Alyssa Ney. "Reductionism". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. IEP, University of Tennessee.</ref>

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	# '''Ontological reductionism''': a belief that the whole of reality consists of a minimal number of parts.		# '''Ontological reductionism''': a belief that the whole of reality consists of a minimal number of parts.
	# '''Methodological reductionism''': the scientific attempt to provide an explanation in terms of ever-smaller entities.		# '''Methodological reductionism''': the scientific attempt to provide an explanation in terms of ever-smaller entities.
	# '''Theory reductionism''': the suggestion that a newer theory does not replace or absorb an older one, but reduces it to more basic terms. Theory reduction itself is divisible into three parts: translation, derivation, and explanation.<ref>Alyssa Ney. "Reductionism". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. IEP, University of Tennessee.</ref>		# '''Theory reductionism''': the suggestion that a newer [[theory]] does not replace or absorb an older one, but reduces it to more basic terms. Theory reduction itself is divisible into three parts: translation, derivation, and explanation.<ref>Alyssa Ney. "Reductionism". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. IEP, University of Tennessee.</ref>

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'''Reductionism''' is any of several related [[Philosophy|philosophical]] ideas regarding the associations between phenomena which can be described in terms of other simpler or more fundamental phenomena.<ref>Webster's Dictionary</ref> It is also described as an intellectual and philosophical position that interprets a complex system as the sum of its parts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Kricheldorf|first=Hans R.|title=Getting It Right in Science and Medicine: Can Science Progress through Errors? Fallacies and Facts|publisher=Springer|year=2016|isbn=978-3-319-30386-4|location=Cham|pages=63|language=en}}</ref>

== Definitions ==
''The Oxford Companion to Philosophy'' suggests that reductionism is "one of the most used and abused terms in the philosophical lexicon" and suggests a three-part division:<ref name=Ruse>{{cite book |title=The Oxford Companion to Philosophy |author=Michael Ruse |editor=Ted Honderich |isbn=978-0-19-103747-4 |year=2005 |edition=2nd |chapter=Entry for "reductionism" |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=793 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJFCAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT1884}}</ref>
# '''Ontological reductionism''': a belief that the whole of reality consists of a minimal number of parts.
# '''Methodological reductionism''': the scientific attempt to provide an explanation in terms of ever-smaller entities.
# '''Theory reductionism''': the suggestion that a newer theory does not replace or absorb an older one, but reduces it to more basic terms. Theory reduction itself is divisible into three parts: translation, derivation, and explanation.<ref>Alyssa Ney. "Reductionism". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. IEP, University of Tennessee.</ref>

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