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Robert Wright and Massimo Pigliucci discuss the challenges of scientism.

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Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God) and Massimo Pigliucci (Plato’s Footnote, How to Be a Stoic) discuss, among other things:

Massimo’s new edited volume, Science Unlimited?: The Challenges of Scientism
What is scientism?
Science and the challenge of studying subjective experience
Those pesky fundamental questions of existence
How philosophical thought underpins all research methodology
Core concepts across science have competing interpretations
The importance of distinguishing “is” from “ought
What neuroscience can never explain about human consciousness

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