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Quote: causal reduction shows that the existence and causal powers of objects of a certain type are due to the causal powers of objects of another type
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history of science
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[Causal reduction] is a relation between any two types … of the reduced entity are show to be … [p. 115] In general in the history of science, … [For example,] the reduction of heat to molecular motion, … air waves. Google-1 Google-2
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Quote: in the history of science, causal reductions lead to ontological reductions; e.g., reduction of heat to molecular motion redefines heat
Topic: reductionism (51 items)
Topic: history of science (40 items)