Scientism

Prospects and Problems
Herausgeber: de Ridder, Jeroen; Woudenberg, Rene van; Peels, Rik

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Produktbeschreibung

Scientism maintains that science is our only source of knowledge about the world and ourselves. This collection is one of the first to develop, analyze, and assess scientism in detail. It features twelve novel contributions by noted philosophers of science, epistemologists, and metaphysicians.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780190462758
• ISBN-10: 0190462752
• Artikelnr.: 52963076

Autorenporträt

Jeroen de Ridder is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Rik Peels is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. René van Woudenberg is Professor of Philosophy at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Putting Scientism on the Philosophical Agenda
René van Woudenberg, Rik Peels, and Jeroen de Ridder
1. A Conceptual Map of Scientism
Rik Peels
2. Scientism and Its Rivals
Mikael Stenmark
3. Philosophical Challenges for Scientism (And How to Meet Them?)
Alex Rosenberg
4. Scientism with a Humane Face
James Ladyman
5. Philosophy, Science, and Common Sense
Hilary Kornblith
6. Is Scientism Epistemically Vicious?
Ian James Kidd
7. An Epistemological Critique of Scientism
René van Woudenberg
8. Kinds of Knowledge, Limits of Science
Jeroen de Ridder
9. Scientism: Who Needs It?
Alvin Plantinga
10. Cognitive Science and Moral Philosophy: Challenging Scientistic Overreach
William FitzPatrick
11. Physicalism, not Scientism
Alyssa Ney
12. Moderate Scientism in Philosophy
Wesley Buckwalter and John Turri