"The relevant features of scientific practice often have mundane explanations which don't point to any deep metaphysical moral. (Thus it would simply be messy and pointless for the chemists to essay physical reductions, or for the biologists to offer number-free explanations. It's a weird kind of science-worship that views these practical considerations as clues to the nature of reality.)"

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Source : "Physical". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 8, 2013.

David Papineau

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