%0 Journal Article
%T Seis signos de cientismo
%A Haack
%A Susan
%J Discusiones Filos¨®ficas
%D 2010
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X as the english word "scientism" is currently used, it is a trivial verbal truth that scientism-an inappropriately deferential attitude to science-should be avoided. but it is a substantial question when, and why, deference to the sciences is inappropriate or exaggerated. this paper tries to answer that question by articulating "six signs of scientism": the honorific use of "science," etc.; using scientific trappings purely decoratively; preoccupation with demarcation; preoccupation with "scientific method"; looking to the sciences for answers beyond their scope; denying the legitimacy or worth of non-scientific (e.g., legal or literary) inquiry, or of writing poetry or making art.
%K scientism
%K honorific use of "science"
%K demarcation of science
%K scientific method
%K science and values.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0124-61272010000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en