| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Very short introductions |
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Very short introductions.
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| Contents |
Preface -- The demarcation problem -- Vestigial sciences -- Hyperpoliticized sciences -- Fighting "establishment" science -- Mind over matter -- Controversy is inevitable -- The Russian questions |
| Summary |
"Pseudoscience: A Very Short Introduction explores the philosophical and historical attempts to address this problem of demarcation between science and pseudoscience. Many people would be able to agree on a list of things that fall under the umbrella of pseudoscience - astrology, phrenology, UFOlogy, creationism, and eugenics might come to mind - but a precise definition has proven impossible. This book explores a bewildering array of marginalized doctrines, focusing on some of the central debates about what science is and is not, and how such controversies have shifted over the centuries, and offers a historical and philosophical approach to fringe science and scientific controversies in the past and the present"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Pseudoscience.
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Pseudoscience
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Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal.
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Paranormal.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2022060541 |
| ISBN |
9780190944445 |
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0190944447 |
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