Question

How is science and scientism defined by CS Lewis​

Answer 1

Answer:

Lewis to my knowledge didn’t define scientism. But here are the key areas in Lewis we can look for to more fully understand scientism and its implications:-

1. His critique of scientism is articulated as a critique of materialism/naturalism.
2. The quote from his essay Religious Language is instructive (I’ve included it below and it’s one of my favorites).
3. Overall much of his work speaks to the notion of life with spirituality versus life without spirituality. Scientism would definitely tend to cut against spirituality as a general rule. (I think in a definition of scientism which even excludes psychology would seem to be even more anti-thetical to spirituality and experiences at the level of consciousness.)
4. His Space Trilogy is written to address this.
5. But his entire work, including the Narnia Series is a critique of a worldview without an attention to the spiritual.
6. Abolition of Man, one of Lewis’ most famous works helps also articulate a critique of scientism/materialism, particularly in the University curriculum, or any educational curriculum.

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