(January 11, 2015 at 3:45 pm)robvalue Wrote: if they can test something or demonstrate that they are there, then that is science. If they can't, they are of no use.
That's a philosophy. One that excludes everything but science.
Scientism is belief in the universal applicability of the scientific method and approach, and the view that empirical science constitutes the most authoritative worldview or most valuable part of human learning to the exclusion of other viewpoints.
Materialism is a form of philosophical monism which holds that matter is the fundamental substance in nature, and that all phenomena, including mental phenomena and consciousness, are the result of material interactions.
