The Difference Between Scientism Humanism

Scientism is something concocted, an imaginary concept, whereas humanism is a materialist doctrine with a realistic meaning.

Humanism usually refers to anthroposophical materialism, a metaphysical materialist doctrine that objectifies life. It is represented by Feuerbach in Germany in the 19th century and Chernyshevsky in Russia afterwards. Feuerbach called his philosophy "humanism" or "the principle of humanism in philosophy" because he conflated vulgar materialism with ordinary materialism and avoided adopting or even opposed the term "materialism".

Scientism is considered by academics to be a made-up concept, and in fact there has been no such thing as "scientism" in the scientific community in history. In modern society, people who often refer to "scientism" are generally considered "humanists" who do not have basic scientific literacy.