Reductionism in Everyday Life, Technology, and Science - An Exploration of What is Concealed and Revealed in Practice
In this paper, I draw upon a diverse selection of observations made by philosophers and scientists to think about habitual ways in which human beings reduce things in their world to a convenient subset of their total properties. This is a natural and important activity, however in invoking Heidegger...
Main Author: | Paul D. Nugent |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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International Institute of Informatics and Cybernetics
2018-08-01
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Series: | Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics |
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Online Access: | http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/CV$/sci/pdfs/IP056LL18.pdf
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