2003Shanghai Jiaotong Daxue Xuebao(Shehui Kexue Ban)Requires access

Scientism and the Responsibility of Science

Xia Zhong

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This paper attempts to interpret “scientism” and “the responsibility of science” in terms of humanism in the hope of presenting a completely different concept of “science” from its typical interpretation which tends to take “science” as a means for utilitarian purposes.

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This paper attempts to interpret “scientism” and “the responsibility of science” in terms of humanism in the hope of presenting a completely different concept of “science” from its typical interpretation which tends to take “science” as a means for utilitarian purposes.

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This paper attempts to interpret “scientism” and “the responsibility of science” in terms of humanism in the hope of presenting a completely different concept of “science” from its typical interpretation which tends to take “science” as a means for utilitarian purposes.

Key concepts: Scientism, Interpretation (philosophy), Epistemology, Humanism, Philosophy, Environmental ethics, Sociology, Theology

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