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- From: mukesh@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Mukesh Prasad)
- Subject: Re: Science Superior to Mysticism
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- References: <1993Jan20.230740.2061@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu> <1993Jan22.030609.9070@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:41:32 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.030609.9070@ucc.su.OZ.AU> hughg@brutus.ee.su.oz.au (Hugh Garsden) writes:
- >
- > Scientism is a religion. It is a dogma which states that it is the one true
- > way (to know the truth). That all other ways are invalid. It has its fanatics,
-
- Scientism? Is this a new word? What are its defining characteristics?
-
- > observations, and so on. But I have no concern about materiality. I have no
- > concern for boundaries. If I observe something repeatably, and I talk to
- > others who have done the same, then the things that we observe exist. That is
- > how we define existence; there is no other way. And, on the basis of
-
- So your definition involves "others"? In other words, is "science" as
- you see it, primarily a social concern? In that case, is it
- really very different from any other religion? [the question is
- about "science" as you see it, not about your "scientism"]
-
- /Mukesh
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