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[from 'The Universe as We Find It' by John Heil, in 7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction ]

Full Idea

Categories we use to describe and explain our universe do not line up in the neat way reductive schemes require.

Gist of Idea

Our categories lack the neat arrangement needed for reduction

Source

John Heil (The Universe as We Find It [2012], 13.2)

Book Reference

Heil,John: 'The Universe as We Find It' [OUP 2012], p.279


A Reaction

He takes reduction to be largely a relation between our categories, rather than between entities, so he is bound to get this result. He may be right.