Scientism philosophy?

Question

Is Scientism a coherent philosophy? Can someone tell me two philosophers who talk about scientsim?

Answer 1

Scientism, in the strong sense, is the self-annihilating view that only scientific claims are meaningful, which is not a scientific claim and hence, if true, not meaningful. Thus, scientism is either false or meaningless. This view seems to have been held by Ludwig Wittgenstein in his Tractatus Logico-philosophicus (1922)

Scientism is a philosophical position that exalts the methods of the natural sciences above all other modes of human inquiry. Scientism embraces only empiricism and reason to explain phenomena of any dimension, whether physical, social, cultural, or psychological. cited from Martin Ryder-University of Colorado at Denver

Scientism IS a philosphy according to some and quackery according to others.

Now presented with conflicting views from different people in different era's, wiill you accept them as being philosophers so i get 10 points?

Answer 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientism