Cosmos and Transcendence: Breaking Through the Barrier of Scientistic Belief
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COSMOS AND TRANSCENDENCE Breaking Through the Barrier of Scientistic Belief
Wolfgang Smith
COSMOS AND TRANSCENDENCE Breaking Through the Barrier of Scientistic Belief Wolfgang Smith There is a sharp yet often overlooked distinction between scientific knowledge and scientistic belief; the latter refers to entities that are not in truth observable, and affirms something that is in fact un-verifiable. Here one must look invariably to discover the hidden imprecisions that mitigate the formidable exactitudes of science, and the groundless fantasies that temper its austere sobriety. Here, most assuredly, are to be found those sweeping tenets that filter down into the non-scientific strata of the technological society to become its officially recognized worldview. Cosmos and Transcendence ferrets out and examines some of the major facets of current scientistic belief by focusing, firstly, upon the fundamental dogma of the physical sciences, following which it traces the development of this remarkable notion and considers its standing in contemporary philosophical literature, the results of this inquiry not being propitious to the scientistic Weltanschauung. Then it considers the question of organic evolution and the psychological theories of Freud and Jung, endeavoring in each case to discern the line of demarcation between science and scientistic fantasy. Finally it speaks of the concept of “transcendence” which is neither scientific nor scientistic, but strictly metaphysical, and helps us discover that the proliferation of scientistic beliefs has seriously obstructed our collective vision, that it ha
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