title: [On the reductionism of sciences].
abstract: The reduction of sciences to a limited number, in whose terms all scientific phenomena could be explained is conceivable. Particularly, is the reduction of biology to physics possible? The present article reviews critically this issue. First, it speaks about the topic on the parts and their relationships in the so-called levels of organization. Secondly it refers to the reduction of one branch into another within a same science. Finally it analyses the arguments against the possibility of reducing biology to physics.
authors: Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, P Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Chuaqui
mesh_terms: D012586:Science / Q000639:trends*
vernacular_title: Sobre el reduccionismo en las ciencias.