torekp comments on Natural Laws Are Descriptions, not Rules - Less Wrong

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Comment author: torekp 07 August 2012 11:51:19PM -1 points [-]

I would add a third kind of reductionism ("ontic reductionism" would be a good name) that goes beyond the mereological claim, to say that the only things that really exist are the entities of fundamental physics.

I call that view "metaphysical penis envy". Less descriptive, but deliciously derisive.