Scientism: The New Orthodoxy

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

Av Richard N. Williams, Daniel N. Robinson

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Scientism: The New Orthodoxy is a comprehensive philosophical overview of the question of scientism, discussing the role and place of science in the humanities, religion, and the social sciences.Clarifying and defining the key terms in play in discussions of scientism, this collection identifies the dimensions that differentiate science from scientism. Leading scholars appraise the means available to science, covering the impact of the neurosciences and the new challenges it presents for the law and the self. Illustrating the effect of scientism on the social sciences, and the humanities, Scientism: the New Orthodoxy addresses what science is and what it is not. This provocative collection is an important contribution to the social sciences and the humanities in the 21st century.Contributors include: Peter Hacker, Bastiaan van Fraassen, Daniel N. Robinson, Kenneth Schaffner, Roger Scruton, James K.A. Smith, Richard Swinburne, Lawrence Principe and Richard N. Williams.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-05-19
Mått156 x 234 x 12 mm
Vikt304 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor208
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781474287944

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Notes on Contributors Introduction: Scientism: the New Orthodoxy, Richard Williams1. Science, Scientism and Explanation, Daniel N. Robinson2. Scientism and the Religion of Science, Lawrence M. Principe3. Naturalism in Epistemology, Bas C. van Fraassen4. Philosophy and Scientism: What Cognitive Neuroscience Can, and What It Cannot, Explain, P. M. S. Hacker5. The Implausibility of Physical Determinism, Richard Swinburne6. Scientism and the Humanities, Roger Scruton7. Neuroethics, Kenneth F. Schaffner8. Science as Cultural Performance: Leveling the Playing Field in the Theology & Science Conversation, James K.A. SmithIndex

Scientism: The New Orthodoxy is a rich and rewarding collection of essays from a wide range of perspectives. I can easily envision parts of it being taught — perhaps alongside more fundamental work in the philosophy of science and epistemology — in upper-level undergraduate or graduate seminars that want to engage contemporary intellectual life and the relations between science and philosophy. I hope it finds a wide readership among philosophers and other humanities scholars, as well as among scientists and the broader public.