Ep. #11 – Scientism is Still False with Dr. JP Moreland [Interview]
Show Notes
Show Outline
Dr. JP Moreland tackles the following questions in our interview:
- Why did you write the book Scientism and Secularism?
- What do you mean that Scientism is “the air we breathe”?
- How can we refute scientism in conversation?
- Scientism is self-refuting.
- Science relies on philosophical presuppositions that can’t be justified if scientism is true.
- There are other avenues to knowledge apart from the scientific method.
- Also, why is scientism the enemy of science?
- The following claims are sometimes put forth to show that the mind is nothing more than a physical organ i.e. the brain. How can we respond to claims from neuroscience that purport to show this?
- Also, is there anything we left out you want readers to know?
Resources Mentioned
- Scientism and Secularism by Dr. JP Moreland
- The Blackwell Companion to Substance Dualism
