reductivism

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Carl asks why I don't simply refer to the Hegemonic Fallacy as "reductivism", and wonders if I simply take pleasure in naming.

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  • Carl asks why I don't simply refer to the Hegemonic Fallacy as "reductivism", and wonders if I simply take pleasure in naming. —  Larval Subjects .
  • In part Carl is right in pointing out that all I'm referring to is reductivism. —  Larval Subjects .
  • I worry that if I restrict myself to the term reductivism won't obscure all of this. —  Larval Subjects .
  • People always seem to misunderstand or not get this theory, and so the teacher must constantly descend into it with correctives of reductivism. —  Second Thoughts
  • That's ancillary to the point, which is the astonishing racial reductivism of Matt's suggestion. —  Anchor Rising
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