Philosophy can't be dead. It underpins science. Science wouldn't exist without the branches of ontology, metaphysics, epistemology, and even ethics. I recently had a discussion about Hawking's "philosophy is dead" quote and someone said "what got us to the moon, science or philosophy?" To which one can simply reply, "the very idea that we should go to the moon is philosophical", and that's the end of the discussion. But obviously one could have gotten more into the metaphysics, epistemology, etc. of the physics that got us there. As for "scientism" I look upon that term with suspicion. The Hawking quote may have been an example, but it often seems like a favorite smear of the regressive left. No one is a logical positivist anymore. Steven Pinker wrote a pretty good essay (and subsequently got into a debate) defending scientism.
Steven Pinker - "Science Is Not Your Enemy": https://newrepublic.com/article/114127/s...humanities
Steven Pinker - "Science Is Not Your Enemy": https://newrepublic.com/article/114127/s...humanities
