Reductionism

The Hubris of Holism

Victor Stenger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Quantum Physics, Science, Religion, Reductionism, Holism, Spirituality, Physics, Religion News
Victor Stenger

Some in the spiritualist community have appropriated quantum mechanics to claim a more holistic picture of nature. However, quantum mechanics and the standard model of particles and forces, are fully reductionist.

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Beyond Belief: Sam Harris Imagines a "Moral Landscape"

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Morality, The Moral Landscape, Reductionism, Books, Utilitarianism, Sam Harris, Books News
Deepak Chopra

Good science fiction is a worthy genre, and although it's darker and more tension-filled to imagine a dystopia run by berserk robots or malicious alie...

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Jean Houston on Reductionism, Religion and Hierarchies

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fundamentalism, Religion, Cosmology, Reductionism, Biology, Hierarchies, Theology, Evolution, Home News
Deepak Chopra

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The Emperor's New FMRI

Barry Schwartz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Brain Research, Fmri, Reductionism, Psychology, Neuroscience, Dualism, FMRI Scanners, Naive Reductionism, Brain Science, Neuroscientists, Affective Neuroscience, Brain Tumor, Healthy Living News
Barry Schwartz

The lay attitude, "naïve reductionism," assumes that the causes of behavior lie in states of the brain, not in states of psychology. This is a profound mistake.

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