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Reconsideration of Science and Technology II: Scientism and Anti-Scientism

Reconsideration of Science and Technology II: Scientism and Anti-Scientism

Dachun, Liu
Zhiqiang, Ai
Huili, Yang

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Series: China Perspectives

PhilosophyHistory & Philosophy of ScienceSocial Movements

ISBN10: 1032298995
ISBN13: 9781032298993
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 27 2024
Pages: 282
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

In reviewing and reconsidering the intellectual history of scientism and antiscientism, the authors assess the process of reasoning and prejudices of these contrasting viewpoints, while discussing the repercussions of scientific hegemony and its contemporary criticism.

As the second volume of a three-volume set that proposes to reconsider science and technology and explores how the philosophy of science and technology responds to an ever-changing world, this title focuses on ideological trends centering around scientism and anti-scientism since the 19th century. The six chapters look into the emergence of scientism, instrumental reason, scientific optimism, scientific pessimism, scientific crisis and irrationalism and finally the deconstruction of scientism. The authors provide insight into the connections and biases of these disparate views and critiques, explore the influences of the hegemony of science and contemporary critique of science and evaluate the value of postmodernism and deconstructivism.

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