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Reductionism is a disbelief that the higher levels of simplified multilevel models are out there in the territory, that concepts constructed by mind in themselves play a role in the behavior of reality. This doesn't contradict the notion that the concepts used in simplified multilevel models refer to the actual clusters of configurations of reality.

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  • Reductionism (sequence)
  • Universal law, Magic
  • Mind projection fallacy
  • How an algorithm feels
  • Free will
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60Mixed Reference: The Great Reductionist Project
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53The algorithm isn't doing X, it's just doing Y.
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22The Case for Frequentism: Why Bayesian Probability is Fundamentally Unsound and What Science Does Instead
lsusr
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Alexander
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12Bad reductionism
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11Reductionism is not the ultimate tool for causal inference
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