Is the debate about scientism ‘a battle for the soul of philosophy’, as Moti Mizrahi (2019) contends? If it is, it is unlikely that the proponents of scientism would be inclined to put it this way.[please read below the rest… Read More ›
essence of philosophy
Regarding Scientism and the Soul of Philosophy, Catherine Wilson
Moti Mizrahi’s immediate problem is to understand the resistance to scientism that is evident in the many critical references and prophecies of doom that appear in philosophers’ writings in this connection. Hobbes, Spinoza, and Hume, as he notes, and I… Read More ›
Scientism and the ‘Soul of Philosophy,’ Ian James Kidd
In his interesting recent contribution to SERRC, Moti Mizrahi (2019)—who’s done much recently to advance our understanding of the relations of science and philosophy—asks the question of what debates about scientism are really about … [please read below the rest… Read More ›