Re: virus: Hegel's Virus

Martz (martz@martz.demon.co.uk)
Sat, 26 Apr 1997 08:30:01 +0100

On Sat, 26 Apr 1997, "D. H. Rosdeitcher" <76473.3041@compuserve.com>
wrote:
>"Objective" is to "Objectivism"
> in the same way that
>"Science" is to "Scientology"
>
>Objectivism can be objective but Scientology cannot be scientific.

How about "Objective is to objectivism as science is to scientism"?
Scientism is a term coined here some time ago. It is used when referring
to believers in / practitioners of science who become dogmatic or who
refuse to hold their pet theories up to critical examination.

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