Wittgenstein Swimming Against Scientism

Ray Monk’s 1999 essay on Wittgenstein’s forgotten lesson – that

“scientism” is a tide against which we are swimming.

(I constantly use the word “scientism” to describe the prevailing problem and wasn’t aware of this source. Stumbled across it in Prospect Magazine, whilst following up the Nagel review below.)

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