For and Against Scientism: Science, Methodology, and the Future of Philosophy

by Moti Mizrahi (Editor)

Overview

Does scientism pose an existential threat to philosophy, as some philosophers think, or is it a way to make philosophy as ‘successful’ as science? This book intends is to put forward a fruitful dialogue about scientism and its implications for the future of philosophy as an academic discipline.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538163337
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/04/2022
Series:	Collective Studies in Knowledge and Society
Pages:	206
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Moti Mizrahi is associate professor of philosophy at the Florida Institute of Technology. He is the author of The Relativity of Theory: Key Positions and Arguments in the Contemporary Scientific Realism/Antirealism Debate (2020) and the editor of The Kuhnian Image of Science: Time for a Decisive Transformation? (2018).

Table of Contents

1.Introduction Moti Mizrahi 2.The Scientism Debate: A Battle for the Soul of Philosophy? Moti Mizrahi 3.The Supposed Spectre of Scientism Amanda Bryant 4.Conceptions of Philosophy and the Challenges of Scientism Ian James Kidd 5.How to Defend Scientism Petri Turunen, Ilkka Pättiniemi, Ilmari Hirvonen, Johan Hietanen, and Henrik Saarinen 6.Philosophy of Science in Practice and Weak Scientism Together Apart Luana Poliseli and Federica Russo 7.“Science in the Crosshairs” Catherine Wilson 8.Between Electrical Light Switches and Panpsychism: Scientism and the Responsibilities of the Humanities in the 21st Century Ann-Sophie Barwich 9.Whither Academic Philosophy? Moti Mizrahi 10.Epilogue Moti Mizrahi Index About the Editor About the Contributors