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Definition of Scientism
1. Noun. The often dogmatic belief that science is the only source of knowledge. ¹
2. Noun. The belief that the assumptions, methods of research, etc. of the physical and biological sciences are equally appropriate and essential in all other disciplines including the humanities and the social sciences. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scientism
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Scientism
1. The methods, activities, and principles which are typical to science. The concept that other areas besides science can and should be studied in a scientific manner, for example the humanities. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scientism
Literary usage of Scientism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paradoxes of Free Will by Gunther Siegmund Stent (2002)
"Chapter Thirteen scientism Francis Bacon and the Rise of scientism. In his hooks,
The Advancement of Learning and Novum Organon, the seventeenth century ..."
2. The Ground and Goal of Human Life by Charles Gray Shaw (1919)
"Individualism, with its dialectic of sensation, volition, and intellection, shows
us that in art, in ethics, and in religion, the principles of scientism ..."
3. Christian Thought by Charles Force Deems, John Bancroft Devins, Amory Howe Bradford (1890)
"When I had the honor of being invited by this learned and Christian body, to
discuss the subject of Christian scientism before them, I was inclined to think ..."
4. The Recent Past from a Southern Standpoint: Reminiscences of a Grandfather by Bp Richard Hooker Wilmer (1887)
"SCEPTICISM, RATIONALISM, AND scientism. I HAVE thrown these three together for
convenient handling, and not at all to ignore or confound the distinctions ..."
5. Pathological Aspects of Religions by Josiah Morse (1906)
"scientism AND APATHY. Between the believers and skeptics, both of whom are swayed
by their emotions and volitions, stand the disbelievers or atheists who ..."
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