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Scientism

A series of posts on “scientism” and the nature of science.

Outlining Scientism

  • Basics of scientism: the web of knowledge

  • What does “science” in “scientism” mean?

  • Defending scientism: mathematics is a part of science

  • The roots of empiricism: Hume’s fork, and the divide between knowledge “by observation” and “by reason”

  • The unity of maths and physics revisited

  • Tools of science: Induction and Occam’s razor

  • A scientific response to the Brain in a Vat

  • Scientism and questions science cannot answer

Criticisms of scientism

  • Massimo Pigliucci’s critique of New Atheism and scientism

  • A scientism defence of Logical Positivism

  • On Wieseltier on Pinker: How to misunderstand scientism in one easy step

  • Nagel’s bat doesn’t demonstrate incompleteness in materialist science

The nature and scope of science

  • What does “existence” mean?

  • Disagreeing (partially) with Sean Carroll about what is science

Morality and Free Will as a part of science

  • Science can answer morality questions

  • Six reasons why objective morality is nonsense

  • There is nothing wrong with morality being subjective!

  • Lacking “free will” does not negate moral responsibility

  • Why Jerry Coyne is barking up the wrong tree on moral responsibility and free will

  • On Richard Carrier’s argument for objective morals

  • Richard Carrier’s argument for objective morals — redux

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  • A fine-tuned universe argues for atheism
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  • Science can answer morality questions

Recent Posts

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  • Is science “plagued” by “rife” harassment and discrimination?
  • Replying to Adam Frank and defending scientism
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Older Posts

    America

  • Equality, Deism and Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence
  • The Religious Freedom Restoration Act establishes religious privilege

    Children

  • Your freedom to impose your religion ends where your child begins
  • Why the non-religious are getting “overheated” about British “faith” schools

    Islam

  • Dear Muslims, about Muhammed cartoons
  • What is wrong with Channel 4′s censorship of Jesus and Mo?
  • Mainstream Islam is not moderate
  • Why are British Student Unions imposing Islamic rules?
  • Burqa bans made easy: properly understanding religious freedom

    Free Speech

  • Britain needs to value free speech
  • Why are we allowing student unions to veto speech?

    Religious Freedom

  • Religious freedom and equality in a nutshell
  • Christians don’t understand religious freedom
  • Religions are entitled to tolerance, but not to respect
  • Three cheers for religious toleration

    Atheism

  • Massimo Pigliucci’s critique of New Atheism and scientism
  • William Tyndale, hero of atheism
  • Hitler despised atheism as much as Pope Benedict does
  • Militant Fundamentalist Agnostics and the meaning of atheism

    Morality

  • There is nothing wrong with morality being subjective!
  • Lacking “free will” does not negate moral responsibility
  • My entry for Sam Harris’s Moral Landscape Challenge

    Scientism

  • Basics of scientism: the web of knowledge
  • What does “science” in “scientism” mean?
  • Nagel’s bat doesn’t demonstrate incompleteness in materialist science
  • Tools of science: Induction and Occam’s razor
  • Scientism and questions science cannot answer
  • A scientism defence of Logical Positivism
  • Defending scientism: mathematics is a part of science

    Philosophy

  • A scientific response to the Brain in a Vat
  • Compatibilism for incompatibilists: free will in five steps
  • What does “existence” mean?

    Science

  • Science can indeed answer “why” questions
  • What are “laws of physics”?
  • Water in the atmosphere of extra-solar planets
  • Tools of science: Induction and Occam’s razor
  • Science can deal with the supernatural
  • Did life happen “by chance”? Yes! Chance is not randomness

    Theology

  • William Lane Craig’s eight Special-Pleading arguments for God’s existence
  • Catholic theology facilitated the child abuse
  • Assisted dying: Whose life is it anyway?

Blogroll

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  • Jerry Coyne
  • Matt Strassler
  • Medium
  • Michael Nugent
  • Persuasion
  • Quillette
  • Sam Harris
  • Sean Carroll
  • UnHerd
  • WASP planets
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