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Scientism: Science, Ethics and Religion - Science, ethics and religion (Hardcover)
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Scientism: Science, Ethics and Religion - Science, ethics and religion (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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This title was first published in 20/11/2001: The intellectual and
practical successes of science have led some scientists to think
that there are no real limits to the competence of scienece, and no
limits to what can be achieved in the name of science. This view
(and similar views) have been called Scientism. In this book,
scientists' views about science and its relationship to knowledge,
ethics and religion are subjected to critical scrutiny. A number of
natural scientists have advocated Scientism in one form or another
- Francis Crick, Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan, and Edward O. Wilson
- and their impact inside and outside the sciences is considered.
Clarifying what Scientism is, this book proceeds to evaluate its
key claims, expounded in questions such as: is it the case that
science can tell us everything there is to know about reality? Can
science tell us how we morally ought to live and what the meaning
of life is? Can science in fact be our new religion? Ought we
become "science believers"? The author addresses these and similar
issues, concluding that Scientism is not really science but
disguised materialism or naturalism; its advocates fail to see
this, not being sufficiently aware that their arguments presuppose
the previous acceptance of certain extra-scientific or
philosophical beliefs
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