Category Archives: Scientism

One need not be a Christian, nor need one become a Christian, in order to appreciate the power of C.S. Lewis’ arguments against naturalism. The rigidness of the latter leads to philosophical antinomies and a certain metaphysical naivety. In his … Continue reading →

From a review of Curtis White’s The Science Delusion is this nice summary of absurdism endemic to scientism: The problem, obviously, isn’t science; it’s the arrogance with which many scientists, and popularizers of science, dismiss the value of other ways … Continue reading →

Many of my forays into philosophy on this blog will involve pointing out the dangerous dogmatism of scientism. Here’s Leon Wieseltier on the subject: Our glittering age of technologism is also a glittering age of scientism. Scientism is not the … Continue reading →