Jerry Fodor's Philosophy Of Science

Jerry Fodor, a philosopher of science, argues that the reduction of special science, or social science, to physical science is problematic because not all types of sciences are physical types. Fodor argues that token physicalism provides a sufficient explanation for this. Token physicalism is the view that all things are physical things, but not all proprieties are physical properties. (Pigliucci).
He then goes on to explain why he believes we cannot use physics to describe certain things in biology and psychology. “If only physical particles weren’t so small (if only brains were on the outside, where one can get a look at them), then we would do physics instead of paleontology, neurology instead of psychology; psychology instead of economics;