User talk:Dr Bruce Long

Scientism Entry
Enter discussion of scientism entry... Dr Bruce Long (talk) 10:59, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

Dr Bruce Long (talk) 11:09, 3 February 2019 (UTC) The existing entry is strong and has good referencing. However, it's somewhat inappropriately biased in favour of what is called the pejorative or negative conception of scientism. This causes two problems:

- Failure of the principle of charity with respect to the disposition of neo-positivist (including so called 'new atheist') science evangelists and popularisers (who in some cases undoubtedly do subscribe to extreme scientism) - Risk of burning a strawman: if the definition of scientism is set too narrowly according to one ideological disposition, then the objectivity of the coverage of the concept and the use of the term suffers.

Note for interest sake the material on pp 351-2 of the Mizrahi article, which provides further more contemporary coverage of the extreme (pejorative) interpretation of scientism - especially that due to Massimo Piggliucci Dr Bruce Long (talk) 11:09, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

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December 2023
Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 06:04, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

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Your draft article, Draft:Megacults


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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 06:48, 12 December 2023 (UTC)