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Scientism, Religion, and Changes in Social Values Flashcards

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Scientism

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Speculative Worldview
Restricts Human Inquiry

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Two Senses of Scientism

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The improper use of science or scientific claims
Scientism limits inquiry to natural science alone

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Examples of Scientism

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Law of instrument
Naive Materialism
Dogma
Pure Technocracy
Lack of Rigor

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Religion

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Faith
Worship
Catalyst for social change

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The General Change of Social Values

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Work
Leisure
Health

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Work

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Work shifts from purpose to mere instrument

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Leisure

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Central factor in the general change of social values

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Health

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Presented as a threat and difficult to achieve commodity

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Luddism

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People opposed to the use of technology

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During Industrial Revolution, what was introduced?

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Mechanized looms

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Luddites

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support Luddism and oppose technological progress

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Who is Ned Ludd?

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A legendary elusive figure who was said to be a young apprentice and destroyed textile apparatus

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Frame-Breaking Act

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Destruction of factory machines punishable by death

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Who is William Horsfall?

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strong advocate of using textile production

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Neo-luddism

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“New Luddism”
against modern technology
leaderless movement

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Neo-luddite

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Modern Luddite
Oposses technological change that violates human nature and needs

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Aesthetics

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Philosophical study of beauty and taste

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Aesthetics VS Esthetics

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Aesthetics is used in British English
Esthetics is used in American English

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Art

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Know-how
Specialized skill
Material activities
Technological systems
Aesthetics activities

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Symbols

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Realm of expressiveness

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Ethics

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well-founded standards of right and wrong

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Morality

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certain codes of conduct

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Theory of Technological Moral Mediation

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Peter Paul Verbeek
Technology is a mediator of moral change

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Two Forms of Technological Moral Mediation

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Pragmatic Moral Mediation
Hermeneutic Moral Mediation

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Pragmatic Moral Mediation

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technology affects the decision-problems

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Hermeneutic Moral Mediation

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technology changes how we interpret and understand the world

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