Editing Reductionism (section)

=== Theory reductionism ===
Theory reduction is the process by which a more general theory absorbs a special theory.<ref name=":0" /> It can be further divided into translation, derivation, and explanation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://iep.utm.edu/red-ism/#SH1b | title=Reductionism &#124; Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy }}</ref> For example, both [[Johannes Kepler|Kepler's]] laws of the motion of the [[planet]]s and [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]]'s theories of motion formulated for terrestrial objects are reducible to Newtonian theories of mechanics because all the explanatory power of the former are contained within the latter. Furthermore, the reduction is considered beneficial because [[Newtonian mechanics]] is a more general theory—that is, it explains more events than Galileo's or Kepler's. Besides scientific theories, theory reduction more generally can be the process by which one explanation subsumes another.