The role of science can sometimes be overstated, with its
advocates slipping into scientism. Scientism is the view that
the scientific description of reality is the only truth there is.
With the advance of science, there has been a tendency to slip
into scientism, and assume that any factual claim can be
authenticated if and only if the term ‘scientific’ can correctly
be ascribed to it. The consequence is that non-scientific
approaches to reality ― and that can include all the arts,
religion, and personal, emotional and value-laden ways of
encountering the world ― may become labelled as merely
subjective, and therefore of little __________ in terms of
describing the way the world is. The philosophy of science
seeks to avoid crude scientism and get a balanced view on
what the scientific method can and cannot achieve.
* ascribe: 속하는 것으로 생각하다 ** crude: 투박한
