Tomas might have succumbed in his quest for the Tree of Knowledge, but I finally found it, and am still alive 
Theories can be crudely organized into a family tree where each might, at least in principle, be derivable from more fundamental ones above it.
[courtesy- Max Tegmark]
And here is an awesome ‘learning map’ in Mathematics (rather big, click to view)
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I meant that one can in principle derive Sociology from Psychology, as one can derive chemistry from quantum physics.
Regarding postmodern suggestions- from whatever I know about them, they seem to me very confusing and inconsistent. I think their language will need to be much clearer to be taken with seriousness. In any case, this post is a quote of an interesting idea of Max Tegmark.
What does ‘derive’ mean? In the sense that, does one ‘derive’, for instance, Chemistry from Atomic Physics, just as one can ‘derive’ Sociology from Psychology?
Also, just curious, do you disregard the Postmodern suggestion that all Sciences are also fuctions of ethical positions that the Scientists take?
hmm… interesting ))
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Cool!!