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Cutting the Gordian Knot of Demarcation

✍ Scribed by Hansson, Sven Ove

Book ID: 125445719
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 79 KB
Volume: 23
Category: Article
ISSN: 0269-8595
DOI: 10.1080/02698590903196007

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✦ Synopsis

A definition of pseudoscience is proposed, according to which a statement is pseudoscientific if and only if it (1) pertains to an issue within the domains of science, ( ) is not epistemically warranted, and ( ) is part of a doctrine whose major proponents try to create the impression that it is epistemically warranted. This approach has the advantage of separating the definition of pseudoscience from the justification of the claim that science represents the most epistemically warranted statements. The definition is used to explain why proponents of widely divergent criteria for the demarcation between science and pseudoscience tend to be in almost complete agreement on the particular demarcations that should presumably be based on these general criteria.

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