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| + | 2) An error in explanation in which empirical data about associations found among small-scale units are greatly over-generalized and treated as evidence for statements about relationships among much larger units. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:32, 20 April 2017
1) An approach that involves reducing complex systems to simpler components as a way to understand how the system works. In biology, reductionists study the parts of a cell or an organism as individual units.
2) An error in explanation in which empirical data about associations found among small-scale units are greatly over-generalized and treated as evidence for statements about relationships among much larger units.