/sci/ - Science & Math

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Scientism means the assertion that scientific knowledge is the only kind of knowledge that has value. In philosophy scientism is seen as the ultimate brainlet ideology because it is basically a dumbed down form of logical positivism. The best example of logical positivism is Russell. Take for example this debate between him and Copleston:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXPdpEJk78E
It is evident from the first few minutes. Copleston posits ideas relying on at least some degree of direct ontology and philosophical intuition, yet russell simply stonewalls every one of them by asserting that they don't exist because he thinks that all logic must be as devoid of direct ontology as possible. He thinks this because he is a mathematician and can only view metaphysics through the lens of formal logic which is insufficient to adjudicate such matters.