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What made scientists think that chemistry is reducible to physics and when did that happen?

But what motivated the move to view chemistry as reducible to physics? ... When and why did scientists just start assuming that chemistry is reducible to physics? It's confusing to say "reducible to …
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Do you need to know the exact definition of a word to correctly apply it?

For example, "embryos are organisms", do you need to know the exact definition of "organism" to know that claim is true? First of all you need to know the meaning, not necessarily the definition. Pe …
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Philosophy and the question 'When is a robot considered alive and thinking?'

Robots would get this status if they became viable as everyday companions, as well as similarly irreparable after damage. By companions I mean at least the degree of companionship of pets like cats an …
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Are there any fallacies in arguments for design from DNA?

Such books are not written to convince anyone of a different opinion that they had before. They are written to help people keep their faith while facing growing amount of evidence and pressure for the …
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