Panning Scientism
In The God Genome*, Leon Wieseltier offers a blistering review of 'Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon,' by Daniel C. Dennett. Here's how it begins
In The God Genome*, Leon Wieseltier offers a blistering review of 'Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon,' by Daniel C. Dennett. Here's how it begins
- Scientism, the view that science can explain all human conditions and expressions, mental as well as physical, is a superstition, one of the dominant superstitions of our day; and it is not an insult to science to say so. For a sorry instance of present-day scientism, it would be hard to improve on Daniel C. Dennett's book. "Breaking the Spell" is a work of considerable historical interest, because it is a merry anthology of contemporary superstitions.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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