- C.S Lewis refutes Scienticism as a pseudo-scientific philosophy that turns
science into religion instead of just one of many tools humans have to obtain true knowledge of reality. Lewis commends Science, but refutes Scienticism, the beliefs or ideology that is the best or only test for truth of any kind. - Lewis was not anti-science, but was opposed to 'Scienticism', which may be defined as the “wrong-headed belief that modern science supplies the only reliable method of knowledge about the world and also- that scientists should be the ones to dictate public policy and even our moral and religious beliefs simply on the basis of their scientific expertise”. 2. 3.
4. What is the presented essence of modernity and consequence?
- The essence of modernity is that “nothing is sacred”. Its consequence include the human person. When modernity happens, those will be no distinctions between individuals or humans between animals and vegetables and all other non-human creature.