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 | ||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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Date: | 2016 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11801 |
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