In yesterday’s Neil deGrasse Tyson discussion over scientism, more than a few readers denied that scientism was anything other than a right-wing culture warrior concept to denigrate science that did ...

It’s easy to judge someone else’s worldview, but it’s much harder to recognise that we even have a worldview. We appreciate how pagan societies might see spirits in nature, or how monotheists see God ...

“Scientism” is the belief that all we need to solve the world’s problems is, you guessed it, science. People sometimes sub in the phrase rational thinking, but it amounts to the same thing. If only ...

Can you be a strident defender of science and still be suspicious of the way it is appropriated within culture? Can you be passionate about the practice and promise of science, yet still remain ...

In the August 7, 2013 New York Times, conservative columnist Ross Douthat responded to Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker’s recent article urging advocates to embrace the label of “scientism” rather ...

Abortion is one of the most polarizing social issues of our time. It has become a “war” between those who support abortion rights (the pro-choice movement) and those who oppose abortion rights (the ...

Imagine a future society in which everything is perfectly logical. What could go wrong? “Scientism” is the belief that all we need to solve the world’s problems is – you guessed it – science. People ...