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Stenmark, Mikael

 
9780415791410: Scientism: Science, Ethics and Religion: Science, ethics and religion (Routledge Revivals)
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ISBN 10: 0415791413 ISBN 13: 9780415791410
Editorial: Routledge, 2017

Sinopsis

This title was first published in 20/11/2001: The intellectual and practical successes of science have led some scientists to think that there are no real limits to the competence of scienece, and no limits to what can be achieved in the name of science. This view (and similar views) have been called Scientism. In this book, scientists' views about science and its relationship to knowledge, ethics and religion are subjected to critical scrutiny. A number of natural scientists have advocated Scientism in one form or another - Francis Crick, Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan, and Edward O. Wilson - and their impact inside and outside the sciences is considered. Clarifying what Scientism is, this book proceeds to evaluate its key claims, expounded in questions such as: is it the case that science can tell us everything there is to know about reality? Can science tell us how we morally ought to live and what the meaning of life is? Can science in fact be our new religion? Ought we become "science believers"? The author addresses these and similar issues, concluding that Scientism is not really science but disguised materialism or naturalism; its advocates fail to see this, not being sufficiently aware that their arguments presuppose the previous acceptance of certain extra-scientific or philosophical beliefs

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Mikael Stenmark

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2017
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0415791413
ISBN 13 
9780415791410
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
164
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Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis
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9781138633933: Scientism: Science, Ethics and Religion (Routledge Revivals)

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ISBN 10:  1138633933 ISBN 13:  9781138633933
Editorial: Routledge, 2019
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