Scientism Debunked
لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ Starting with the name of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) The Most Merciful, the Entirely Merciful! Authored by Our Beloved Brother In Deen Hisham Al Hindi What is scientism ? [ 5:48 PM ] Scientism has been defined in many ways throughout its history . You can find many different definitions of scientism depending on who you ask about it . Merriam -Webster defines scientism as : "an exaggerated trust in the efficacy of the methods of natural science applied to all areas of investigation (as in philosophy , the social sciences , and the humanities ) " In his article 'Science in modern culture , or the meaning of meaninglessness ' , Eric Weil defines scientism as a worldview in which "only what can be established scientifically is true , objective , and valid everywhere and for everybody " Haack (2012 ) conceives scientism as "a kind of over -enthusiastic and uncritically deferential att