The crisis of scientism
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Sat, 09/12/2026 - 20:38The paper examines the «overproduction of scientists» and the related crisis of the Institute of science. Since scientism acted as the main civic religion that gives legitimacy to modern rich states, along with the loss of public confi dence in scientists, a crisis of legitimacy of modern political regimes arises. Th e loss of the former ethos of the scientifi c community does not allow solving this problem by simply increasing funding. In the absence of understanding the patterns of the evolution of scientifi c knowledge, scientometrics contributes to the decline of science.