Scientistic Chronicles: Exploring the Limits, if Any, of the Scientific Enterprise

by Massimo Pigliucci, John Shook, Coel Hellier

A collection of essays by various authors who contributed to the online magazine Scientia Salon, devoted to bringing science and philosophy to a general public. The essays focus on the issue of scientism. Depending on whom you ask, the term refers either to a tendency to make science into an all-encompassing ideology, or to the assumed to be reasonable notion that science is the only reliable source of knowledge. The 16 essays in this volume span a wide range of opinions about scientism, some directly addressing the use (or abuse) and understanding (or misunderstanding) of the term, some tackling instead a number of specific issues that often come up in discussions surrounding scientism.

227 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 25, 2019

About the author

Massimo Pigliucci is an author, blogger, podcaster, as well as the K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York.

His academic work is in evolutionary biology, philosophy of science, the nature of pseudoscience, and practical philosophy. His books include How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life (Basic Books) and Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk (University of Chicago Press).

His new book is Beyond Stoicism: A Guide to the Good Life with Stoics, Skeptics, Epicureans, and Other Ancient Philosophers (The Experiment).