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040 _aStDuBDS
_beng
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_bG675 2023
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100 1 _aGordin, Michael D.,
_eauthor.
240 1 0 _aOn the fringe
245 1 0 _aPseudoscience :
_ba very short introduction /
_cMichael D. Gordin.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2023.
300 _a1 online resource :
_billustrations (black and white).
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aVery short introductions
500 _aPreviously issued in print: as On the fringe. 2021.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 8 _aMany 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.
588 _aDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 28, 2023).
650 0 _aPseudoscience.
650 7 _aParanormal.
_2ukslc
650 7 _aUnexplained phenomena / the paranormal.
_2thema
776 0 8 _iPrint version :
_z9780190944421
830 0 _aVery short introductions.
856 4 0 _3Oxford Academic
_uhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780190944421.001.0001
999 _c8190
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