Rather, models of reality are reductionistic when they say a chair (or a human) can be explained as "just" a bunch of atoms. It's worth reflecting once in a wh

Rather, models of reality are reductionistic when they say a chair (or a human) can be explained as "just" a bunch of atoms. It's worth reflecting once in a while on whether this is true, or even meaningful. For example, what is the standard of explanation? The idea of a perfect mathematical model of low-level physics is just one abstract conception of understanding reality.