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Secular Worldviews: Scientism and Secular Humanism
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology, Studies in Faith and Ideologies, Philosophy of Religion.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2453-187x
2022 (English)In: European journal for philosophy of religion, ISSN 1689-8311, Vol. 14, no 4, p. 237-264Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this essay, I maintain that although atheism, minimally construed, consists simply of the belief that there is no God or gods, atheists must embrace a secular worldview of one kind or another. Since they cannot be without a worldview, atheists must develop an alternative to the religious, especially the theistic, worldviews which they, by implication, reject. Further, I argue that there are, at the very least, two options available to atheists and that these should not be conflated or treated as one and the same. The two options that I explore and distinguish are scientism and secular humanism. I also maintain that the things that might count as good grounds for or against secular or religious worldviews are shaped significantly by whether atheists embrace scientism or secular humanism.

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Central European Society for Philosophy of Religion , 2022. Vol. 14, no 4, p. 237-264
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agnosticism, atheism, naturalism, scientific naturalism, scientism, secular humanism, worldview
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Philosophy of Religion
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-484464DOI: 10.24204/EJPR.2022.3640ISI: 000926013500012OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-484464DiVA, id: diva2:1695092
Available from: 2022-09-12 Created: 2022-09-12 Last updated: 2023-03-22Bibliographically approved

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