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Reductionism in the life sciences classically concerns the relations between biology and the physico-chemical sciences. I would like to first present a synthetic analysis of this problematic. Second, I will confront the conclusions of this analysis with Gerald Edelman’s theory of neuronal group selection.
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Feltz, B. (2002). Edelman’s Theory of Neuronal Group Selection and Reductionism. In: Tymieniecka, AT. (eds) The Creative Matrix of the Origins. Analecta Husserliana, vol 77. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0538-8_16
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