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Originally Posted by The One and Only...
But reductionism must imply it. Otherwise, how are we to understand how your theoretical fundamental matter performs various processes?
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It's an unfair characterization of reductionism. I think Dennett is right in basically calling it materialism. Cranes from the bottom-up, or mysterious skyhooks from the top-down. Which would you prefer?
Dennett also makes the valid point against what he calls "greedy" reductionism, that is, saying everything can be explained in terms of strings without going into detail.
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