Pigliucci Massimo
Department of Philosophy, The City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY, 10031, USA.
J Bioeth Inq. 2015 Dec;12(4):569-75. doi: 10.1007/s11673-015-9665-1. Epub 2015 Nov 28.
The term "scientism" is used in a variety of ways with both negative and positive connotations. I suggest that some of these uses are inappropriate, as they aim simply at dismissing without argument an approach that a particular author does not like. However, there are legitimate negative uses of the term, which I explore by way of an analogy with the term "pseudoscience." I discuss these issues by way of a recent specific example provided by a controversy in the field of bioethics concerning the value, or lack thereof, of homeopathy. I then frame the debate about scientism within the broader context of C.P. Snow's famous essay on the "two cultures."
“科学主义”这个术语有多种用法，既有负面含义，也有正面含义。我认为其中一些用法并不恰当，因为它们只是旨在不经论证就摒弃某一特定作者不喜欢的一种方法。然而，该术语也有合理的负面用法，我通过与“伪科学”这个术语作类比来探讨这些用法。我借助生物伦理学领域一场关于顺势疗法的价值（或缺乏价值）的争议所提供的一个近期具体例子来讨论这些问题。然后，我将关于科学主义的辩论置于C.P.斯诺那篇关于“两种文化”的著名文章的更广泛背景中。
