Cyan, this post’s use of the word “anti-reductionist” didn’t jive completely with me either. I know quite a few self-proclaimed scientists that claim to have problems with reductionism (at least in certain topics, e.g. free will). To them, holding a prism up to the mind continues to reveal a soul (as well as all that brain stuff).
Maybe this is a tangential observation, but I wonder if to some people “reductionism” is a stop-sign word.
Cyan, this post’s use of the word “anti-reductionist” didn’t jive completely with me either. I know quite a few self-proclaimed scientists that claim to have problems with reductionism (at least in certain topics, e.g. free will). To them, holding a prism up to the mind continues to reveal a soul (as well as all that brain stuff).
Maybe this is a tangential observation, but I wonder if to some people “reductionism” is a stop-sign word.