scientism

belief that science is the best or only means to truth
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scientism

Summary

scientism is a philosophical movement[1]. scientism draws 317 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical_movement category, ranking #26 of 81).[2]

Key Facts

  • scientism's instance of is recorded as philosophical movement[3].
  • scientism's instance of is recorded as school of thought[4].
  • scientism is a type of fundamentalism[5].
  • scientism's facet of is recorded as science[6].
  • scientism's facet of is recorded as scientific method[7].
  • scientism's facet of is recorded as New Atheism[8].
  • scientism's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[9].
  • scientism's described by source is recorded as The Counter-Revolution of Science[10].
  • scientism's described by source is recorded as A Guide for the Perplexed[11].
  • scientism's described by source is recorded as Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon[12].
  • scientism's partially coincident with is recorded as New Atheism[13].
  • scientism's has characteristic is recorded as reductionism[14].
  • scientism's has characteristic is recorded as technocracy[15].
  • scientism's has characteristic is recorded as progress[16].
  • scientism's has characteristic is recorded as verificationism[17].
  • scientism's different from is recorded as Scientology[18].
  • scientism's significant person is recorded as Francis Bacon[19].
  • scientism's significant person is recorded as Friedrich Hayek[20].
  • scientism's significant person is recorded as Alexander Grothendieck[21].
  • scientism's significant person is recorded as E. F. Schumacher[22].
  • scientism's significant person is recorded as Karl Popper[23].
  • scientism's significant person is recorded as Mikael Stenmark[24].
  • scientism's significant person is recorded as T. J. Jackson Lears[25].
  • scientism's significant person is recorded as Steven Pinker[26].
  • scientism's significant person is recorded as Jonathan Haidt[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include philosophical movement[3] and school of thought[4]. scientism is a type of fundamentalism[5].

Why It Matters

scientism draws 317 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical_movement category, ranking #26 of 81).[2] scientism has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] scientism is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . tandfonline.com. Retrieved . tandfonline.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . positivists.org. Retrieved . positivists.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Has characteristic reductionism, technocracy, progress +1
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    Instance of philosophical movement, school of thought
    Subclass of fundamentalism
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