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scientism(n.)

"科学知识和方法的全能信仰以及它们在所有事物中的适用性",这是一个贬义词,早在1870年(G.B.肖)就已经出现了; 参见 science + -ism。早期的词语是 scientificism(1825年),“将分析或解释限制在科学上可证明的范围内。”

Particularly is the present age of science characterized by a predominance of observation over reflection. One would think from the general tendency in this direction that science was little else than gathering of facts. So it has come to pass that a fresh discovery gives warrant for any inference,—for any theory. ... That facts should be valued mainly for the principles they reveal, modern scientism could hardly understand, much less believe. [Henry N. Day, "President McCosh's Logic," The New Englander, July, 1870]
特别是现代科学时代以观察为主导,而非反思。从这个方向的总体趋势来看,人们会认为科学几乎只是收集事实。因此,一项新的发现就可以为任何推论提供保证,为任何理论提供保证。...现代科学主义几乎无法理解,更不用说相信,事实应该主要被评价为它们揭示的原则。[亨利·N·戴,“麦考什总统的逻辑”,《新英格兰人》杂志,1870年7月]

该词起源时间:1870年