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Scientific Expertise is Needed to Identify Pseudoscience
Scientific Expertise is Needed to Identify Pseudoscience

Author(s): Sven Ove Hansson
Subject(s): Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
Published by: Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli õiguse instituut
Keywords: Pseudoscience; Scientific Expertise; science; philosophy of science;

Summary/Abstract: Etymologically, pseudoscience means false science. The term is often explained as referring to claims or teachings that are presented as scientific but are in fact not scientific. Any understanding of the notion of pseudoscience must therefore build on both an understanding of what science is and a clarification of what forms of errors or misrepresentations make a statement pseudoscientific instead of scientific.

  • Issue Year: 12/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 117-127
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English
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