different between scientism vs scientifical

English

Etymology

From science +? -ism

Noun

scientism (countable and uncountable, plural scientisms)

1. The belief that the scientific method and the assumptions and research methods of the physical sciences are applicable to all other disciplines (such as the humanities and social sciences), or that those other disciplines are not as valuable.
   • 2007, Ted Cabal, The Apologetics Study Bible, B&H Publishing Group (?ISBN)

   • 2008, Peter Meusburger, Michael Welker, Edgar Wunder, Clashes of Knowledge: Orthodoxies and Heterodoxies in Science and Religion, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN), page 111

   • 2013, William Outhwaite, Habermas: A Critical Introduction, John Wiley & Sons (?ISBN)

   • 2013, David Held, Introduction to Critical Theory: Horkheimer to Habermas, John Wiley & Sons (?ISBN)

   • 2014, Raymond Tallis, Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity, Routledge (?ISBN), page 15

2. The belief that all truth is exclusively discovered through science.

Derived terms

• scientistic

Translations

Further reading

• scientism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• incestism

Romanian

Etymology

From French scientisme

Noun

scientism n (uncountable)

1. scientism

Declension

English

Etymology

scientific +? -al

Adjective

scientifical (comparative more scientifical, superlative most scientifical)

1. Of or pertaining to the scientific method.
   • 1850, David Hartley, Observations on Man, his Frame, his Duty, and his Expectations; fourth edition, Chapter III, § II, page #329:

     In ?cientifical propo?itions concerning natural bodies a definition is made, as of gold from its properties, ?uppo?e its colour, and ?pecific gravity, and another property or power joined to them, as a con?tant or common a??ociate.

     • (Rewritten in modern spelling: In scientifical propositions concerning natural bodies a definition is made, as of gold from its properties, suppose its colour, and specific gravity, and another property or power joined to them, as a constant or common associate.)

Derived terms

• scientificality

Related terms

• science
• scientific
• scientificality
• scientificity
• scientificness
• scientism
• scientist
• scientistic
• scientistical
• scientistically