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Comment author: spuckblase 08 July 2009 02:13:52PM *  4 points [-]

There are at least 3 ways for anti-reductionism to be not only clearly consistent, but with some plausibility, true - in the sense that there is empirical as well as conceptual evidence for every position (This is connected to a quote I posted yesterday):

  • Ontological monism: The whole universe is prior to its parts (see this paper)

  • No fundamental level: The descent of levels is infinite (see that paper)

  • "Causation" is an inconsistent concept (I'm one free afternoon and two karma points away from a top-level post on this ;)