Bibliograph

Pseudoscience, a very short introduction, Michael D. Gordin

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Label

Pseudoscience, a very short introduction, Michael D. Gordin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-106) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Pseudoscience

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1373398219

Responsibility statement

Michael D. Gordin

Sub title

a very short introduction

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

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