Analytical or conceptual reductionists analyse one set of statements or concepts in terms of another. They need not consider that our talk about physical objects can be analysed in terms of talk abut actual or possible experiences. They need not be phenomenalists. Metaphysical reductionists do not require analytical or conceptual reduction. But they do attempt to reduce the physical part of reality to the mental part of reality.
Nomological reduction involves the reduction of one set of laws of Nature to another.
For example, the laws of thermodynamics can be reduced to in the sense of derived from the laws of statistical mechanics. AJ See also phenomenalism . Jack, Andrew, Dr. AJ Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought 2. Metaphysics Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought 3. Realism Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought 4.