SSCI 1470U Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Leon Wieseltier, Steven Pinker, Scientism
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Task: read the pinker-wieseltier exchange in the new republic and comment in your journal on who you think has the better argument. Who do you agree with more [and explain why]. Both steven pinker and leon wieseltier make very good arguments, however i am unable to agree with just one of them. I agree with wieseltier that science should not be the only knowledge source, humanistic learning is just as important as well. The reason science might not be able to answer certain questions maybe because it is not meant to. In order to answer all the questions of the universe we need a combination of knowledge sources. For this same reason i agree with steven pinker when he says that. These are the questions where the knowledge of humanities is required and that is why i believe that combining the knowledge of science and humanities would make the human knowledge spectrum broader than either of them individually.
