Bruce Henricksen's succinct remarks about the origins of what I call scientism are very important. From Wordnik.com. [Rescuing Literature: An Exchange] Reference
Science designed itself to be provisional, so scientism is a crappy philosophy too. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Matter Can Enlighten Minds] Reference
What the Romantics opposed is what today would be called scientism, which is out to destroy the wonder of the world by making everything turn out to be nothing important. From Wordnik.com. [Unweaving the Rainbow] Reference
Such 'scientism' - as this overreach is termed - goes beyond the ability of science to explain the nature of the world around us and claims to tell us how life began. From Wordnik.com. [Anglican Mainstream] Reference
The Phillips curve is a graphic example of what Professor Hayek labelled scientism. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
Which is an interesting and problematic observation for those who indulge in scientism. From Wordnik.com. [Behe vs. Dawkins] Reference
We begin with epistemic scientism, which is the view that "the only reality that we can know anything about is the one science has access to.". From Wordnik.com. [Integral Options Cafe] Reference
True believers in the "authority" of the dogmas and the doctrines of scientism, which is the currently ruling paradigm that gets to define what is true, real and possible. From Wordnik.com. [How Skepticism Can Be The Friend of Faith] Reference
Will there be any discussion of 'scientism' in the course?. From Wordnik.com. [Cornell offers course on intelligent design] Reference
She continually derides "scientism" (whatever that means - giggle). From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
What Austrians have to say about "scientism" is not very different. From Wordnik.com. [Is Austrian Economics Heterodox Economics? - The Austrian Economists] Reference
The flip-side of this argument is that Joy and Stunney can correctly accuse me of "scientism" because. From Wordnik.com. [A Message About ID] Reference
Equally problematic to medical chauvinism is "scientism," which is the common assumption that science is the only way to acquire knowledge about reality. From Wordnik.com. [Lies, Damn Lies and Medical Research] Reference
Rather, it's dependent upon a philosophical outlook, specifically a materialist metaphysic and it's likewise dependent upon a "scientism," as previously described. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Many equate science with scientism which is a category error. From Wordnik.com. [The Dawn Treader] Reference
I got to the word "scientism" and started thinking about something else. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Atheism] Reference
16 This kind of scientism tries to reduce all knowledge to scientific knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [Integral Options Cafe] Reference
'scientism' that claims that, in principle, science can resolve all questions capable of being answered. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Atheism] Reference
Marx, on the one hand, positivist scientism and em - piricism on the other. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
In doing so a kind of humorous disjointed scientism of the mind heaves into view. From Wordnik.com. [Cherie Louise Turner: Review: Dave Eggers and David Byrne, 'It Is Right to Draw Their Fur,' at SF Electric Works] Reference
Nonetheless, we atheists need to beware of narrow, dogmatic materialism or scientism. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Huberman: How To Save Our Secular America!] Reference
But he has trapped this narrative within a vise of social scientism, the better, apparently, to kill it. From Wordnik.com. [The Last American Philosopher?] Reference
Not outside the scientific paradigm, rather, outside the paradigm of a scientism or scientistic world view. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
But we should also be aware that realism requires us to keep a proper balance between folklore and scientism. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
A significant problem with scientism is that its believers are often even more arrogant than religious fundamentalists. From Wordnik.com. [Lies, Damn Lies and Medical Research] Reference
We're led to believe that the complexity of the human experience can be reduced to the laws of creationism or scientism. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Rather, I spoke against pseudo - and quasi-philosophical outlooks that can be conceived under the rubric of "scientism.". From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
He replied, and others present agreed, in modern humanism scientism had taken over from that kind of traditional thinking. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Stein a humanist spokesperson?] Reference
Well, Mr Forrest, at least we have confirmed your radical scientism that ASSUMES as a RELIGIOUS PREMISE that design is out. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Hence "science" and scientism operating in the social sciences and elsewhere, rather than science, more properly understood. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
This does not undermines science, but is a mortal blow to scientism, a philosophy asserting omnipotence of scientific method. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
First, they may claim to speak in the name of science, but much of their writing more accurately reflects scientism, not real science. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
In a society such as ours, industrialised to the highest degree, dominated by scientism, there is no longer room for your sensitivity. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
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