For and Against Scientism

Science, Methodology, and the Future of Philosophy

Buch | Hardcover

206 Seiten

2022
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-6333-7 (ISBN)

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Does scientism pose an existential threat to philosophy, as some philosophers think, or is it a way to make philosophy as ‘successful’ as science? This book intends is to put forward a fruitful dialogue about scientism and its implications for the future of philosophy as an academic discipline.

The term scientism is used in several ways. It is used to denote an epistemological thesis according to which science is the source of our knowledge about the world and ourselves. Relatedly, it is used to denote a methodological thesis according to which the methods of science are superior to the methods of non-scientific fields or areas of inquiry, or even used to put forward a metaphysical thesis that what exists is what science says exists. In recent decades, the term scientism has acquired a derogatory meaning when it is used in defense of non-scientific ways of knowing. In particular, some philosophers level the charge of “scientism” against those (mostly scientists) who are dismissive of philosophy. Other philosophers, however, embrace scientism, or some variant thereof, and object to the pejorative use of the term scientism. This book critically examines the arguments for and against scientism, of various productive kinds to answer the central question: does scientism pose an existential threat to philosophy, or should philosophy become more scientific?

Moti Mizrahi is associate professor of philosophy at the Florida Institute of Technology. He is the author of The Relativity of Theory: Key Positions and Arguments in the Contemporary Scientific Realism/AntirealismDebate (2020) and the editor of The Kuhnian Image of Science: Time for a Decisive Transformation? (2018).

Introduction

Moti Mizrahi

The Scientism Debate: A Battle for the Soul of Philosophy?

Moti Mizrahi

The Supposed Spectre of Scientism

Amanda Bryant

Conceptions of Philosophy and the Challenges of Scientism

Ian James Kidd

How to Defend Scientism

Petri Turunen, Ilkka Pättiniemi, Ilmari Hirvonen, Johan Hietanen, and Henrik Saarinen

Philosophy of Science in Practice and Weak Scientism Together Apart

Luana Poliseli and Federica Russo

“Science in the Crosshairs”

Catherine Wilson

Between Electrical Light Switches and Panpsychism: Scientism and the Responsibilities of the Humanities in the 21st Century

Ann-Sophie Barwich

Whither Academic Philosophy?

Moti Mizrahi

Epilogue

Moti Mizrahi

Index

About the Editor

About the Contributors

Erscheinungsdatum	08.10.2021
Reihe/Serie	Collective Studies in Knowledge and Society
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 227 mm
Gewicht	476 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-5381-6333-0 / 1538163330
ISBN-13	978-1-5381-6333-7 / 9781538163337
Zustand	Neuware