economics is not a hard science - eviltoast
  • ParsnipWitch@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    ? That would still be biology and therefore reducible to chemistry and physics.

    The approach of “everything is reducible to physics” is actually a philosophical theory that tries to describe what is reality. Is the material world everything that exists? Or are our thoughts (our knowing of things) actually a different reality? Etc.

    In the end, the differentiation into the different sciences is simply an aid for people. I wouldn’t pay it that much attention because it really doesn’t tell you anything.