The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of (ideological) Scientism
The term "scientism" is often used as a denunciation of an uncritical ideological confidence in the abilities of science. Contrary to this practice, this article argues that there are feasible ways of defending scientism as a set of ideologies for political reform. Rejecting an essentialis...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Zygon
Year: 2019, Volume: 54, Issue: 2, Pages: 299-323 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Scientism
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Further subjects: | B
Scientism
B Ideology B Evidence B Evolution B Worldview B history of science |
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Summary: | The term "scientism" is often used as a denunciation of an uncritical ideological confidence in the abilities of science. Contrary to this practice, this article argues that there are feasible ways of defending scientism as a set of ideologies for political reform. Rejecting an essentialist approach to scientism as well as the view that ideologies have a solely negative effect on history, it argues that the political effect of ideologies inspired by a belief system (including scientism and various religions) must be judged case by case-and that the appearance of complex politico-scientific problems such as the climate problem in effect warrants some kind of ideological scientism. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12504 |