Pseudoscience : a very short introduction /
Gordin, Michael D.,
Pseudoscience : a very short introduction / Michael D. Gordin. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). - Very short introductions . - Very short introductions. .
Previously issued in print: as On the fringe. 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 defining what makes these fields 'pseudo' and differentiates them from genuine science is a far more complex issue. This volume explores the philosophical and historical attempts to address this problem of demarcation. Michael D. Gordin guides readers along 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. An historical tour is provided through various theories, offering readers the tools to think deeply about scientific controversies both past and present.
9780190944452 No price
Pseudoscience.
Paranormal.
Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal.
Q172.5.P77 / G675 2023
001.9
Pseudoscience : a very short introduction / Michael D. Gordin. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). - Very short introductions . - Very short introductions. .
Previously issued in print: as On the fringe. 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 defining what makes these fields 'pseudo' and differentiates them from genuine science is a far more complex issue. This volume explores the philosophical and historical attempts to address this problem of demarcation. Michael D. Gordin guides readers along 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. An historical tour is provided through various theories, offering readers the tools to think deeply about scientific controversies both past and present.
9780190944452 No price
Pseudoscience.
Paranormal.
Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal.
Q172.5.P77 / G675 2023
001.9
