Guessing “reductionism” here means “pointing out that attractive religiously-motivated ideas are factually wrong.” Scientism vs. Romanticism
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“Reductionism” is a sacred word that plays a major part in fringe ideologies, pro or con, but refers to nothing in the real world.
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“Moral relativism” is another example. Some people are passionately for or against it, but no one can actually explain what it means.
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@Meaningness Different people and societies have different moralities without being appreciable more or less deluded or dysfunctional.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness Well, I'm for it, and can explain what "it" means. Can't speak for anyone else!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev But then other people heard the term and invented various plausible (but vague) definitions and took positions for or against.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness Zhuangzi is "relativist", it has a coherent/sophisticated sense in that context as a descriptor, I happily embrace it myself.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness OTOH "reductionist" seems to be a pejorative for "analytical"1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
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