In Weinberg's paper, he describes an explanatory arrow pointing downward from society to people, from people to organisms, from organisms to cells, and from cells to molecules, and claims that explanation flows in this reductive direction.

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in the same paper I think he says he talks about the explanatory arrow pointing downwards from society to people from people to organisms from organisms to cells from cells to molecules so he says that's where explanation goes

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Created: 8/11/2026, 7:36:26 AM

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