The Folly of Scientism
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The Folly of Scientism
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#2This essay should be required reading for anyone who thinks science is or should be the only legitimate way of understanding the world.
For more information, I strongly recommend:
"Naturalism and the Human Condition: Against scientism" by Frederick A. Olafson
and
"Scientism" by Tom Sorell
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#3In a world with the three body problem and godel, humility should be the defining characteristic of the intelligent.
Should.
Re: The Folly of Scientism
#4This essay should be required reading for anyone who thinks science is or should be the only legitimate way of understanding the world. For more information, I strongly recommend: "Naturalism and the Human Condition: Against scientism" by Frederick A. Olafson and "Scientism" by Tom Sorell
What are some [legitimate] examples of non-science ways of understanding the world?
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#5A reply under the title of "The folly of 'The folly of scientism'" by Professor Jerry Coyne of the University of Chicago, who frequently reads and comments on issues related to the philosophy of science:
http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/12/08/the-folly...
". . . . Hughes is an evolutionary biologist with wide-ranging interests, and I’ve really liked some of his papers."
. . . .
"The big problem with Hughes’s essay is that despite his claim that there are other ways of apprehending truth beyond science—ways that involve the three areas of ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology—he gives not a single example of a question that those disciplines have answered."
Re: The Folly of Scientism
#6This essay should be required reading for anyone who thinks science is or should be the only legitimate way of understanding the world. For more information, I strongly recommend: "Naturalism and the Human Condition: Against scientism" by Frederick A. Olafson and "Scientism" by Tom Sorell
What are some [legitimate] examples of non-science ways of understanding the world?
Traditional religions.
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#7I must admit, I haven't read the entire article, but he puts many of my own sentiments into words better than I could myself.
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#8the magazine itself looks great - never seen it before. there's a nice article on ray bradbury at http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-dark-and-star...
and it's currently half price for subscriptions and only $10 delivery international. i just signed up for two years :o) thanks for posting this.
Re: The Folly of Scientism
#9This essay should be required reading for anyone who thinks science is or should be the only legitimate way of understanding the world. For more information, I strongly recommend: "Naturalism and the Human Condition: Against scientism" by Frederick A. Olafson and "Scientism" by Tom Sorell
What are some [legitimate] examples of non-science ways of understanding the world?
Consciousness/experience.
Re: The Folly of Scientism
#10This essay should be required reading for anyone who thinks science is or should be the only legitimate way of understanding the world. For more information, I strongly recommend: "Naturalism and the Human Condition: Against scientism" by Frederick A. Olafson and "Scientism" by Tom Sorell
Name one question for which a scientific answer no matter how inadequate was once the best, but for which now a philosophical or religious one is the best one?