For and Against Scientism by Moti Mizrahi
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. It is also 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. This book critically examines arguments for and against different varieties of scientism in order to answer the central question: Does scientism pose an existential threat to academic philosophy? Or should philosophy become more scientific?-
Taking Conspiracy Theories Seriously
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The Epistemology of Disasters and Social Change
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Philosophical Interventions in Neoliberal Higher Education
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Veritocracy
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Epistemic Paternalism
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Philosophy in the Age of Science?
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Minority Report
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Democratization and Struggles Against Injustice
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Overcoming Epistemic Injustice
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Social Epistemology and Technology
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Social Epistemology and Epistemic Agency
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The Future of Social Epistemology
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Socrates Tenured
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Democratic Problem-Solving
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Heraclitus Redux: Technological Infrastructures and Scientific Change
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Rorty, Public Reason, and Modernity's Crisis of Critique
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The Social Production of Knowledge in a Neoliberal Age
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Interdisciplinarity and the Art of Human Connection
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The Kuhnian Image of Science
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Institutional Epistemology and Extreme Inequality
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Disagreeing despite the Data
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/Antirealism Debate (2020) and the editor of The Kuhnian Image of Science: Time for a Decisive Transformation? (2018).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781538163337 |
| ISBN 10 | 1538163330 |
| Title | For and Against Scientism |
| Author | Moti Mizrahi |
| Series | Collective Studies In Knowledge And Society |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Year published | 2022-04-04 |
| Number of pages | 206 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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