Monopolizing Knowledge Hutchinson Ian
Monopolizing Knowledge Hutchinson Ian Can real knowledge be found other than by science? He shows how scientism --- the view that science is all the knowledge there is --- suffocates reason as well…
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Monopolizing Knowledge Hutchinson Ian
Can real knowledge be found other than by science? He shows how scientism --- the view that science is all the knowledge there is --- suffocates reason as well as religion. In this unique approach to understanding today's culture wars, an MIT physicist answers emphatically yes.
Recognizing science's limitations, and properly identifying what we call nature, liberates both science and non-scientific Tracing the history of scientism and its frequent confusion with science, Hutchinson explains what makes modern science so persuasive and powerful, but restricts its scope.