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Chargement... Philosophy of Pseudoscience: Reconsidering the Demarcation Problempar Massimo Pigliucci (Directeur de publication), Maarten Boudry (Directeur de publication)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I learned some things from this book, but overall didn't like it. (To be honest, some of it whizzed over my head.) The authors admit, over and over again, that there's no really satisfying definition of what exactly science is. So, of course, it's a bit tricky to demarcate the borderline between science and pseudoscience. Good subject to think about, but I don't think this book is quite worthwhile. Really liked Pigliucci's previous book "Nonsense on Stilts" better - on similar topics but much more readable. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
What sets the practice of rigorously tested, sound science apart from pseudoscience? In this volume, the contributors seek to answer this question, known to philosophers of science as "the demarcation problem." This issue has a long history in philosophy, stretching as far back as the early twentieth century and the work of Karl Popper. But by the late 1980s, scholars in the field began to treat the demarcation problem as impossible to solve and futile to ponder. However, the essays that Massimo Pigliucci and Maarten Boudry have assembled in this volume make a rousing case for the unequivocal importance of reflecting on the separation between pseudoscience and sound science. Moreover, the demarcation problem is not a purely theoretical dilemma of mere academic interest: it affects parents' decisions to vaccinate children and governments' willingness to adopt policies that prevent climate change. Pseudoscience often mimics science, using the superficial language and trappings of actual scientific research to seem more respectable. Even a well-informed public can be taken in by such questionable theories dressed up as science. Pseudoscientific beliefs compete with sound science on the health pages of newspapers for media coverage and in laboratories for research funding. Now more than ever the ability to separate genuine scientific findings from spurious ones is vital, and The Philosophy of Pseudoscience provides ground for philosophers, sociologists, historians, and laypeople to make decisions about what science is or isn't. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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