Science Unlimited?
The Challenges of Scientism
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- Review Quotes
Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
1 The Sciences and Humanities in a Unity of Knowledge
Russell Blackford
2 Plus ultra: Why Science Does Not Have Limits
Maarten Boudry
3 Scientism and the Argument from Supervenience of the Mental on the Physical
Filip Buekens
4 Two Cheers for Scientism
Taner Edis
5 Scientism and the Is/Ought Gap
Justin Kalef
6 The Trouble with Scientism: Why History and the Humanities Are Also a Form of Knowledge
Philip Kitcher
7 “Scientism!”
Stephen Law
8 Strong Realism as Scientism: Are We at the End of History?
Thomas Nickles
9 The Fundamental Argument against Scientism
Rik Peels
10 Scientism and Pseudoscience: In Defense of Demarcation Projects
Massimo Pigliucci
11 Strong Scientism and Its Research Agenda
Alex Rosenberg
12 Economics and Allegations of Scientism
Don Ross
13 Why Really Good Science Doesn’t Have All the Answers
Michael Ruse
14 Scientism (and Other Problems) in Experimental Philosophy
Tom Sorell
15 Against Border Patrols
Mariam Thalos
List of Contributors
Index
1 The Sciences and Humanities in a Unity of Knowledge
Russell Blackford
2 Plus ultra: Why Science Does Not Have Limits
Maarten Boudry
3 Scientism and the Argument from Supervenience of the Mental on the Physical
Filip Buekens
4 Two Cheers for Scientism
Taner Edis
5 Scientism and the Is/Ought Gap
Justin Kalef
6 The Trouble with Scientism: Why History and the Humanities Are Also a Form of Knowledge
Philip Kitcher
7 “Scientism!”
Stephen Law
8 Strong Realism as Scientism: Are We at the End of History?
Thomas Nickles
9 The Fundamental Argument against Scientism
Rik Peels
10 Scientism and Pseudoscience: In Defense of Demarcation Projects
Massimo Pigliucci
11 Strong Scientism and Its Research Agenda
Alex Rosenberg
12 Economics and Allegations of Scientism
Don Ross
13 Why Really Good Science Doesn’t Have All the Answers
Michael Ruse
14 Scientism (and Other Problems) in Experimental Philosophy
Tom Sorell
15 Against Border Patrols
Mariam Thalos
List of Contributors
Index
Review Quotes
John S. Wilkins, author of "Species: A History of the Idea"
“Science Unlimited? tries to establish a clarity to the debate over the scope and limits of scientific knowledge, and whether there are forms of knowledge other than the scientific. With breadth and topicality, the contributors’ arguments critical of and defending scientism ring true. This book will appeal to a wide range of scholars, including those working in the fields of (obviously) philosophy, but also the sciences themselves, religion-based specialties, and the humanities in general.”
Renia Gasparatou | Science & Education
"What is scientism? Can there be too much science? What are the limits in the pursues of science? Is there room for other valid ways of knowing? Can science address questions of religion, morality, philosophy, alternative medicine, and economics? What is the relation between science and the humanities or the social sciences? How does scientism affect politics,from education to health care? Science unlimited is a collection of chapters addressing all kinds of questions about all kinds of meanings of scientism."
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