Monopolizing Knowledge (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780983702306)

Can real knowledge be found other than by science? In this unique approach to understanding today's culture wars, an MIT physicist answers emphatically yes. He shows how scientism --- the view that science is all the knowledge there is --- suffocates reason as well as religion. Tracing the history of scientism and its frequent confusion with science, Hutchinson explains what makes modern science so persuasive and powerful, but restricts its scope. Recognizing science's limitations, and properly identifying what we call nature, liberates both science and non-scientific knowledge.

Author: Ian Hutchinson
ISBN-10: 0983702306
ISBN-13: 9780983702306
Publisher: Fias Publishing
Language: English
Published: 07/30/2011
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d