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Are the hard sciences the only source of truth about reality? On this episode of ID the Future<\/strong> from the archive, host Michael Keas begins a conversation with philosopher J. P. Moreland about Moreland\u2019s book Scientism and Secularism: Learning to Respond to a Dangerous Ideology<\/a><\/em>. As Moreland explains, scientism is the belief that only the hard sciences can provide any reliably true knowledge. It’s a claim that also gets applied to other disciplines outside science as well, suggesting that claims of reality in any field of human knowledge cannot be known one way or another. \u201cIt\u2019s in the drinking water,\u201d Moreland says, but it\u2019s also self-refuting, and therefore irrational \u2014 and very damaging besides. Moreland gives examples. This is Part 1 of a conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Moreland’s latest book, The Substance of Consciousness<\/a>, releases September 2023. Learn more about his work at www.jpmoreland.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Host Michael Keas is a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. His book Unbelievable: 7 Myths About the History and Future of Science<\/a>, is available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Are the hard sciences the only source of truth about reality? On this episode of ID the Future from the archive, host Michael Keas begins a conversation with philosopher J. P. Moreland about Moreland\u2019s book Scientism and Secularism: Learning to Respond to a Dangerous Ideology. As Moreland explains, scientism is the belief that only the hard sciences can provide any reliably true knowledge. It's a claim that also gets applied to other disciplines outside science as well, suggesting that claims of reality in any field of human knowledge cannot be known one way or another. \u201cIt\u2019s in the drinking water,\u201d Moreland says, but it\u2019s also self-refuting, and therefore irrational \u2014 and very damaging besides. Moreland gives examples. This is Part 1 of a conversation.","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":41571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","sync_status":"synced","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/episodes.castos.com\/id\/f8dd54a5-3197-481e-8b8b-03f6b5eb1766-IDTF-1792-J-P-Moreland-on-the-Contradictions-of-Scientism-No-Israel-Ad.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"155194","podmotor_episode_id":"137904","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:12:33","filesize":"17.3 mb","filesize_raw":"18088146","date_recorded":"2018-11-19","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"1792","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"full","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2365,2368,110,539,3565,825,830,6882,1183,6883,1730,1339,1350,1656,1657],"series":[7227],"speaker":[],"class_list":["post-41570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-__edited","tag-__repeat","tag-anti-science","tag-epistemology","tag-ideology","tag-irrationality","tag-j-p-moreland","tag-knowledge","tag-philosophy","tag-reality","tag-science-and-religion","tag-scientism","tag-secularism","tag-self-defeating","tag-self-refuting","series-intelligent-design-the-future"],"acf":[],"author_names":["JP Moreland"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/let-me-think-a-bit-stockpack-adobe-stock-scaled.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/idthefuture-cover.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-download\/41570\/1792.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/41570\/1792.mp3","audio_player":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/41570\/1792.mp3<\/a><\/audio>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/feed\/podcast\/intelligent-design-the-future","embedCode":"

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