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Reductivist programs in logicand philosophy, especially inthe philosophy of mathematics,are reviewed. The paper argues fora ``methodological realism'' towardsnumbers and sets, but still givesreductionism an important place,albeit in methodology/epistemologyrather than in ontology proper.
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Link, G. Reductionism as Resource-Conscious Reasoning. Erkenntnis 53, 173–193 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005610001124
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