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(Created page with "'''Scientism''' is the opinion that science and the scientific method are the best or only way to render truth about the world and reality.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Glossary Definition: Scientism |url=https://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/gengloss/sciism-body.html |date=1999 |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=www.pbs.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001011010123/https://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/gengloss/sciism-body.html |archive-date=2000-10-11 |url-statu...") ย |
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'''Scientism''' is the opinion that | '''Scientism''' is the opinion that Scienceย is the only source of knowledge) or weak (Science s) or broad (all Science [[Category:Science]]s or at least not only the natural Science [[Category:Science]]s) they are.}}</ref> | ||
While the term was defined originally to mean "methods and attitudes typical of or attributed to natural scientists", some scholars (and subsequently many others) also adopted it as a pejorative term with the meaning "an exaggerated trust in the efficacy of the methods of natural | While the term was defined originally to mean "methods and attitudes typical of or attributed to natural scientists", some scholars (and subsequently many others) also adopted it as a pejorative term with the meaning "an exaggerated trust in the efficacy of the methods of natural Science s, and the humanities)".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scientism/ |title=Scientism |publisher=Merriam-Webster |website=Meriam-Webster.com Dictionary |access-date=April 6, 2021}}</ref> | ||
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Scientism is the opinion that Science is the only source of knowledge) or weak (Science s) or broad (all Sciences or at least not only the natural Sciences) they are.}}</ref>
While the term was defined originally to mean "methods and attitudes typical of or attributed to natural scientists", some scholars (and subsequently many others) also adopted it as a pejorative term with the meaning "an exaggerated trust in the efficacy of the methods of natural Science s, and the humanities)".[1]