Andersen, Holly (2016) Reduction in the Biomedical Sciences. [Preprint]

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Abstract

This chapter discusses several kinds of reduction that are often found in the biomedical sciences, in contrast to reduction in fields such as physics. This includes reduction as a methodological assumption for how to investigate phenomena like complex diseases, and reduction as a conceptual tool for relating distinct models of the same phenomenon. The case of Parkinson’s disease illustrates a wide variety of ways in which reductionism is an important tool in medicine.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Andersen, Holly holly_andersen@sfu.ca
Additional Information:	forthcoming chapter in Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Medicine, edited by Solomon, Simon, and Kincaid.
Keywords:	reduction, integration, models, explanation, intervention, Parkinson’s, medical
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Medicine General Issues > Reductionism/Holism
Depositing User:	Dr. Holly Andersen
Date Deposited:	09 Dec 2015 12:47
Last Modified:	09 Dec 2015 12:47
Item ID:	11801
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Medicine General Issues > Reductionism/Holism
Date:	2016
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11801

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