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The paper is divided into three parts. First I shall talk about reduc-tionism and reduction in general. In the second chapter a historical example of reductionism will be analyzed: the principles of rationalism of the 17th century. In the third chapter different kinds of reductionisms and reductions in modern logic and mathematics will be discussed.
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Weingartner, P. (1991). Reductionism and Reduction in Logic and in Mathematics. In: Agazzi, E. (eds) The Problem of Reductionism in Science. Episteme, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3492-7_7
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