• DrQuickbeam@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    What reductionism really is, is taking something that exists across many domains (philosophy, art, history, commerce, mythology, culture, language, law, education, governance, etc.) and reducing it to one domain. Usually to justify an opinion or political view.

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      10 months ago

      True, and it’s a handy way to show how religion is just a big business, as I aptly demonstrated.