Jonathan Beale is a Teacher of Philosophy in the Department of Classics, Philosophy and Theology at Queen Anne's School, Caversham, UK.

Ian James Kidd is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Introduction: Wittgenstein and Scientism Jonathan Beale and Ian James Kidd

1. Scientism as a Threat to Science: Wittgenstein on Self-Subverting Methodologies Chon Tejedor

2. Superstition, Science, and Life David E. Cooper

3. Rituals, Philosophy, Science, and Progress: Wittgenstein on Frazer Annalisa Coliva

4. Wittgenstein's Anti-scientistic World View Jonathan Beale

5. Wittgenstein, Scientism, and Anti-Scientism in the Philosophy of Mind William Child

6. Reawakening to Wonder: Wittgenstein, Feyerabend, and Scientism Ian James Kidd

7. "Too Ridiculous for Words": Wittgenstein on Scientific Aesthetics Severin Schroeder

8. How to Think about the Climate Crisis, via Precautionary Reasoning: A Wittgensteinian Case-study in Overcoming Scientism Rupert Read

9. The Myth of the Quietist Wittgenstein Danièle Moyal-Sharrock

10. Meaning Scepticism, and Scientism Genia Schönbaumsfeld

11. Wittgenstein, Science, and the Evolution of Concepts James C. Klagge

12. Wittgenstein, Naturalism, and Scientism Benedict Smith.

Index

This collection is the first study of Wittgenstein's scientism - a theme clearly central to his thought yet neglected by the existing literature. It explores Wittgenstein's views on scientism and anti-scientism, critically assesses them, and considers how they apply to topics such as mind and psychology, philosophical practice, the nature of religious belief, and the place of science in modern culture.