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Closer to Truth's Philosophy of Biology - How Do Reductionism and Emergence Dance?

Can biology be explained entirely in terms of chemistry and then physics? If so, that's "reductionism." Or are there "emergent" properties at higher levels of the hierarchy of life that cannot be explained by properties at lower or more basic levels?

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