Philosophy’s Critique of Scientism — Part 1

In response to requests from multiple readers.

Douglas Giles, PhD
Inserting Philosophy
14 min readMar 14

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I have written multiple articles that critique ideologies and point out the dangers of assumptions. Several of my readers have asked me to follow up with an article about philosophers’ critiques of scientism — the assumption that science is the sole source of knowledge, establishing an ideology that places…

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Douglas Giles, PhD
Inserting Philosophy

Philosopher by trade & temperament, professor for 20 years, bringing philosophy out of its ivory tower and into everyday life. https://linktr.ee/dgilesphd