The consensus in the scientific community is that altering atmospheric composition by the addition of carbon dioxide and trace gases will eventually lead to a ____________ planet with a different distribution of climatic regimes.
Introduction | Criticisms of Scientism. Scientism is the broad-based belief that the assumptions and methods of research of the physical and natural sciences are equally appropriate (or even essential) to all other disciplines, including philosophy, the humanities and the social sciences.
communalism. 1  a theory or system of government according to which each commune is virtually an independent state and the nation is merely a federation of such states. 2  the principles or practices of communal ownership. 3  strong allegiance to one's own ethnic group rather than to society as a whole.