Reductionism is the basis for most science. Since so many factors can be involved, isolating them in a lab-bench experiment can yield valuable insights. For epidemiological studies, it doesn’t work as ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In the ongoing debate about how and whether biology can contribute to the discipline of political science and thus possibly enhance ...

A secular, mechanistic worldview raises more questions than it purports to answer. In 1978 the Berkeley molecular biologist Gunther Stent published a book called “Paradoxes of Progress,” in which he ...

Yesterday, in Part 1, I wrote about the problems of trying to define homelessness and how using a point-in-time count can be misleading when trying to formulate policy. The point-in-time count hardly ...

The idea of reductionism holds that the nature of complex things can always be reduced to simpler, more fundamental ideas. In contrast, Tim O'Reilly's now-famous meme-map of Web 2.0 is a terrific ...

Furthermore, "reductionism" is a universal feature of scientific explanation and is even to be found in antiecological eclectic and structural explanations. Although cultural ecologists can improve ...

Dr Goodwin has previously argued (see article in the American Journal of Psychiatry) that the proven benefits of psilocybin were studied when the substance was paired with “psychological support” and ...

In a philosophical mood at the moment, because I'm about to head to Montreal for the Philosophy of Science Association biennial meeting. Say hi if you're in the neighborhood! I'm on a panel Thursday ...