Notes on Contributors Introduction: Scientism: the New Orthodoxy, Richard Williams 1. Science, Scientism and Explanation, Daniel N. Robinson 2. Scientism and the Religion of Science, Lawrence M. Principe 3. Naturalism in Epistemology, Bas C. van Fraassen 4. Philosophy and Scientism: What Cognitive Neuroscience Can, and What It Cannot, Explain, P. M. S. Hacker 5. The Implausibility of Physical Determinism, Richard Swinburne 6. Scientism and the Humanities, Roger Scruton 7. Neuroethics, Kenneth F. Schaffner 8. Science as Cultural Performance: Leveling the Playing Field in the Theology & Science Conversation, James K.A. Smith Index
The first collection addressing what science is and what sorts of cognitive authority science governs academic discussions.
Richard N. Williams is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Wheatley Institution at Brigham Young University, USA. Daniel N. Robinson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, UK, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University, USA.
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.
*Jeroen De Ridder, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands*
Overall, the volume provides points of entry into the worries
philosophers of several different schools have raised about
scientism. Readers who have encountered attempts to adjudicate
social-scientific, humanistic, or religious claims on the basis of
the natural sciences and come away thinking something is amiss will
find here several candidate diagnoses and critiques ... The book's
optimal home might be courses in which the individual articles
could provide occasion for such contextualization and further
critical discussion.
*Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews*
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.
*Notre Dame Philosophical Review*
Scientism is an over reliance on or overconfidence in the sciences
as the only route to reliable knowledge. It is motivated by
successful and effective technological outcomes that suggest
scientific methods are a great, if not the best, source of
knowledge for addressing any and all problems … This eclectic
volume, which varies widely in style and scope, includes historical
perspectives on scientism, religion, culture, and the humanities;
critical assessments of cognitive neuroscience and neuroethics; and
reflections on naturalism in epistemology. Two messages emerge from
the variety: scientism must be distinguished from the sciences, and
the practices and results of the sciences require explicit
interpretation … Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and
faculty.
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