Categories of Reductionism and their interrelations

This article discusses categories of reductionism and their interrelations. This article argues that reductionism can be divided into five categories: ontological genre reductionism, substance reductionism, structural reductionism, descriptive reductionism, theoretical reductionism and methodological reductionism. At first, Article claims that we should separate ontological genre reductionism from reductionism about substances. Then, argues that ontological genre reductionism and methodological reductionism don’t entail each other and other categories of reductionism. By contrast, substance reductionism and structural reductionism entail each other and other categories of reductionism. Descriptive reductionism entails theoretical reductionism but not methodological reductionism. Last, article claims that theoretical reductionism and methodological reductionism don’t entail other categories of reductionism.