The Magician's Twin: C. S. Lewis and the Case Against Scientism, Pt. 1

Episode 1348 • August 24, 2020 • 00:15:42
The Magician's Twin: C. S. Lewis and the Case Against Scientism, Pt. 1
Intelligent Design the Future
The Magician's Twin: C. S. Lewis and the Case Against Scientism, Pt. 1

Aug 24 2020 | 00:15:42

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Show Notes

On this episode of ID the Future, we recognize the 75th anniversary this month of the publication of C. S. Lewis's prophetic science fiction novel That Hideous Strength, with the first slightly abridged part of John West's documentary The Magician's Twin: C. S. Lewis and the Case Against Scientism. Several scholars were interviewed for the film, including Jay Richards, Angus Menuge, Victor Reppert, John West, and Michael Aeschliman. Scientism is the idea that science is the ultimate path to knowledge and wisdom — the only sure path — and that the spiritual realm is a mirage. Lewis never criticized science, only scientism, the abuse of science that bears an unexpected twinship with magic.

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