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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction

18539	Our categories lack the neat arrangement needed for reduction [Heil]
	Full Idea: Categories we use to describe and explain our universe do not line up in the neat way reductive schemes require.
	From: John Heil (The Universe as We Find It [2012], 13.2)
	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.