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Scientism: Prospects and Problems
Scientism: Prospects and Problems
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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?
Author: Jeroen de Ridder
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 11/26/2018
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780190462758
René van Woudenberg is Professor of Philosophy at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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?
Author: Jeroen de Ridder
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 11/26/2018
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780190462758
About the Author
Jeroen de Ridder is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
René van Woudenberg is Professor of Philosophy at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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