Scientism and scientific fundamentalism: what science can learn from mainstream religion

IF 1 4区 综合性期刊 Q3 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
R. Peels
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Abstract

ABSTRACT An increasing number of scientists, philosophers, and popular science writers claim that science is the measure of all. They assert that science can answer all questions, that there are no limits to science, or that only science provides reliable knowledge, either in a particular realm, such as morality, or about any subject matter whatsoever. This view is often referred to as ‘scientism’. But what exactly is scientism? What is to be said in favour of it and against it? This paper suggests, after a careful evaluation of the arguments for and against scientism, that a helpful way to think of scientism is as of a variety of fundamentalism. It turns out that scientism meets nearly all conditions formulated in family resemblance accounts of fundamentalism. Finally, it is suggested that science and scientists can learn much from religion when it comes to how to deal with scientific fundamentalism.
科学主义与科学原教旨主义:科学可以从主流宗教中学到什么
越来越多的科学家、哲学家和科普作家声称科学是衡量一切的标准。他们断言科学可以回答所有问题,科学没有限制,或者只有科学才能提供可靠的知识,无论是在特定领域,如道德,还是关于任何主题。这种观点通常被称为“科学主义”。但科学主义到底是什么?赞成和反对它有什么可说的呢?在仔细评估了支持和反对科学主义的论点之后,本文认为,将科学主义视为各种原教旨主义是一种有益的方式。事实证明,科学主义几乎满足了原教旨主义家族相似性描述中所表述的所有条件。最后,有人建议,当涉及到如何处理科学原教旨主义时,科学和科学家可以从宗教中学到很多东西。
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Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 综合性期刊-综合性期刊
CiteScore
2.30
自引率
9.10%
发文量
20
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Interdisciplinary Science Reviews is a quarterly journal that aims to explore the social, philosophical and historical interrelations of the natural sciences, engineering, mathematics, medicine and technology with the social sciences, humanities and arts.
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