woensdag 21 mei 2014

Good vs. greedy reductionism


"We must distinguish reductionism, which is in general a good thing, from greedy reductionism, which is not. The difference, in the context of Darwin's theory, is simple: greedy reductionists think that everything can be explained without cranes; good reductionists think that everything can be explained without skyhooks." (Dennett 1995, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, pp. 81-82)

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