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ir·re·duc·i·ble (ĭr'ĭ-dū'sə-bəl, -dyū'-) ![]() |
| Veterinary Dictionary: irreducible |
Not susceptible to reduction, as a fracture, hernia or chemical substance.
| Wikipedia: Irreducibility |
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The principle of Irreducibility, in philosophy, has the sense that a complete account of an entity will not be possible at lower levels of explanation and which has novel properties beyond prediction and explanation. Another way to state this is that Occam's razor requires the elimination of only those entities that are unnecessary, not as many entities as could conceivably be eliminated. Lev Vygotsky provides the following illustration of the idea, in his Thought and Language:
In other words: to conserve the properties under investigation, it is necessary to remain within a certain level of complexity. Irreducibility is most often deployed in defence of the reality of human subjectivity and/or free will, against those who treat such things as folk psychology, such as Paul and Patricia Churchland.
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| Translations: Irreducible |
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - som ikke kan reduceres yderligere, irreduktibel
Nederlands (Dutch)
niet herleidbaar, onveranderbaar
Français (French)
adj. - irréductible
Deutsch (German)
adj. - nicht reduzierbar
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αμείωτος, ανεπίδεκτος μείωσης ή απλοποίησης
Italiano (Italian)
irriducibile
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - irredutível
Русский (Russian)
не поддающийся упрощению, улучшению, минимальный, непреодолимый
Español (Spanish)
adj. - irreducible
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oreducerbar (äv. matem.), omöjligt att förenkla (matem.), absolut
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
不能复归的, 不可约分的, 不能削减的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不能複歸的, 不可約分的, 不能削減的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 뜻하는 대로 될 수 없는, 약분할 수 없는, 정복불능의
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 単純化できない, 減じられない, 削減できない
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) متعذر إنقاصه أو اختصاره
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - שאין להקטינו, שאי-אפשר להביאו למצב הרצוי, שאין לפשטו
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