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YawnTractor_1756 t1_jdj1dpk wrote

"Excessive belief" definition is from the Oxford dictionary.

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kompootor t1_jdj56bu wrote

I suppose you mean the OED and not the Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, which is in front of me with a very different definition. I'm not sure which should be considered "official", but iirc Scrabble requires Collins.

It actually doesn't matter, because neither definition is relevant, because the only definition that matters is the one that's defined in the author's paper. The author uses this to set up their argument's scope. (Oh hey, that's Oxford's very next entry! Although they only talk about it in terms of logic.)

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YawnTractor_1756 t1_jdjfz5s wrote

Since you agree that author's definition of scientism differs from the definition in the dictionary, I don't see any disagreements between us. Have a good day.

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