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Scientism is the belief that science and the scientific method are the best or only way to render truth about the world and reality.

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  • Overview
  • Definitions
  • Strong and weak scientism
  • Relevance to debates about science and religion
  • Philosophy of science
  • Anti-scientism
  • Pro-scientism
  • Rhetoric of science
  • Rationalization and modernity
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Scientism is the belief that science and the scientific method are the best or only way to render truth about the world and reality.

While the term was defined originally to mean "methods and attitudes typical of or attributed to natural scientists", some scholars, as well as political and religious leaders, have also adopted it as a pejorative term with the meaning "an exaggerated trust in the efficacy of the methods of natural science applied to all areas of investigation (as in philosophy, the social sciences, and the humanities)".

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