that reductionism is "one of the most used and abused terms in the philosophical lexicon" and suggests a three-part division: Ontological reductionism: a...

Adolph Reed claims that class reductionism is a "myth", accusing those who use the term of instead engaging in "race reductionism". Economism Intersectionality...

Greedy reductionism, identified by Daniel Dennett, in his 1995 book Darwin's Dangerous Idea, is a kind of erroneous reductionism. Whereas "good" reductionism...

reductionism is the belief that understanding genes is sufficient to understand all aspects of human behavior. It is a specific form of reductionism and...

common words Definite article reduction, use of vowel-less forms of the English definite article in Northern England Reductionism, a range of philosophical...

Redox (/ˈrɛdɒks/ RED-oks, /ˈriːdɒks/ REE-doks, reduction–oxidation or oxidation–reduction: 150 ) is a type of chemical reaction in which the oxidation...

Reductionism is a form of improvised music that developed towards the end of the 20th century, centered in Berlin, London, Tokyo, and Vienna. The key characteristics...

Redox potential (also known as oxidation / reduction potential, ORP, pe, E r e d {\displaystyle E_{red}} , or E h {\displaystyle E_{h}} ) is a measure...

science Systems theory Thomas Nagel (1998). "Reductionism and antireductionism" (PDF). The Limits of Reductionism in Biology: Novartis Foundation Symposium...

Reductions (Spanish: reducciones, also called congregaciones; Portuguese: redução, pl. reduções) were settlements established by Spanish rulers and Roman...

Reduction of order (or d’Alembert reduction) is a technique in mathematics for solving second-order linear ordinary differential equations. It is employed...

as complex cause, causal oversimplification, causal reductionism, root cause fallacy, and reduction fallacy, is an informal fallacy of questionable cause...

Risk reduction may refer to: Health Absolute risk reduction or relative risk reduction, statistical descriptors of an intervention. Harm reduction, in...

Reduction of capital or capital reduction is to decrease stock of a company. During reduction of capital, sometimes the company returns a portion of the...

Log reduction is a measure of how thoroughly a decontamination process reduces the concentration of a contaminant. It is defined as the common logarithm...

Reduction mammoplasty (also breast reduction and reduction mammaplasty) is the plastic surgery procedure for reducing the size of large breasts. In a breast...

In computer science, graph reduction implements an efficient version of non-strict evaluation, an evaluation strategy where the arguments to a function...

Spot reduction refers to the claim that fat in a certain area of the body can be targeted for reduction through exercise of specific muscles in that desired...

Dimensionality reduction, or dimension reduction, is the transformation of data from a high-dimensional space into a low-dimensional space so that the...

In mathematics, a reductive group is a type of linear algebraic group over a field. One definition is that a connected linear algebraic group G over a...

without a keyboard (e.g. a string quartet). A reduction for solo piano is sometimes called a piano reduction or piano score. During opera rehearsals, a répétiteur...

Data reduction is the transformation of numerical or alphabetical digital information derived empirically or experimentally into a corrected, ordered...

A reduction drive is a mechanical device to shift rotational speed. A planetary reduction drive is a small scale version using ball bearings in an epicyclic...

acceptable proof, Quine maintains that reductionism is another "metaphysical article of faith". Instead of reductionism, Quine proposes that it is the whole...

The Birch reduction is an organic reaction that is used to convert arenes to 1,4-cyclohexadienes. The reaction is named after the Australian chemist Arthur...

The term population reduction may refer to: Population decline or depopulation, reductions in human population levels for reasons such as low birth rate...

In the mathematical field of graph theory, a transitive reduction of a directed graph D is another directed graph with the same vertices and as few edges...

States patent law, the reduction to practice is the step in the formation of an invention beyond the conception thereof. Reduction to practice may be either...

In cooking, reduction is the process of thickening and intensifying the flavor of a liquid mixture, such as a soup, sauce, wine or juice, by simmering...

In organochlorine chemistry, reductive dechlorination describes any chemical reaction which cleaves the covalent bond between carbon and chlorine via...