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What Is Machine Reductionism?

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What Is Machine Reductionism? In cognitive psychology, humans are ‘reduced’ to processors of information. This leads to ‘machine reductionism’ – the belief that human functions are the result of the ‘units’ of activity in information processing systems, such as memory stores. What is meant by the term machine reductionism? Cognitive psychology uses the principle of

Is The Scientific Method Reductionist?

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Is The Scientific Method Reductionist? Scientific reductionism is not a viable theory in modern science, because the processes governing the universe are so complex and intertwined that they can never be understood fully. Despite this, reductionist thinking does have some uses, and allows complex processes to be teased apart and understood. What is a reductionist