THE ANTITHESIS OF SCIENTISM AND HUMANISM, AND ITS INFLUENCE UPON THE HIGHER EDUCATIONS THEORY AND PRACTICE

This paper provides a discussion about the possibility of the integration of Scientism and Humanism, and its influence on the higher education theory and practice. It is argued that first, although there are many conflicts between the two, they have several important common factors which indicate the possibility of their integration. Second, in the field of the higher education theory, the extreme Scientism and the extreme Humanism have the systematic hegemony in turn which have lead to the discrepancy between theory and practice. Third, in practice,people have to choose the integration of Scientism and Humanism in their ordinary lives, which indicate significance for the future of these theories.