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Scientism - Prospects and Problems (Hardcover)
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Can only science deliver genuine knowledge about the world and
ourselves? Is science our only guide to what exists? Scientism
answers both questions with yes. Scientism is increasingly
influential in popular scientific literature and intellectual life
in general, but philosophers have hitherto largely ignored it. This
collection is one of the first to develop and assess scientism as a
serious philosophical position. It features twelve new essays by
both proponents and critics of scientism. Before scientism can be
evaluated, it needs to be clear what it is. Hence, the collection
opens with essays that provide an overview of the many different
versions of scientism and their mutual interrelations. Next,
several card-carrying proponents of scientism make their case,
either by developing and arguing directly for their preferred
version of scientism or by responding to objections. Then, the
floor is given to critics of scientism. It is examined whether
scientism is epistemically vicious, whether scientism presents a
plausible general epistemological outlook and whether science has
limits. The final four essays zoom out and connect scientism to
ongoing debates elsewhere in philosophy. What does scientism mean
for religious epistemology? What can science tell us about morality
and is a scientistic moral epistemology plausible? How is scientism
related to physicalism? And is experimental philosophy really a
form of scientism tailored to philosophy?
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