Deep Learning Performs Epistemic Reduction

Epistemic Reduction is a process that discovers higher level abstractions in lower level data by discarding everything at the lower layer that it recognizes as irrelevant

Reductionism is the use of Models. Holism is the avoidance of Models. Models are scientific Models, Theories, Hypotheses, Formulas, Equations, Superstitions (!) and most computer programs.

Model Based Problem Solving

Intelligence = Understanding + Reasoning