Sobre el reduccionismo en las ciencias / 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 posible? The present article reviews critically this issue. First, it speaks about the topic on the parts and their relationships in the so-called llevels 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