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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100190944420
ISBN-139780190944421
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Book TitlePseudoscience : a Very Short Introduction
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2023
TopicHistory
IllustratorYes
GenreScience
AuthorMichael D. Gordin
Book SeriesVery Short Introductions Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight4.3 Oz
Item Length6.9 in
Item Width4.6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2022-060540
ReviewsThe book excels as an introduction to the topic....It has the potential to appeal to a wider audience... and help readers within and beyond academia to conceptualize and engage with pseudoscience in its full complexity-to think about it beyond the abstract, the moralistic, and the anecdotal. That indeed would be an exceptional achievement., "The book excels as an introduction to the topic....It has the potential to appeal to a wider audience... and help readers within and beyond academia to conceptualize and engage with pseudoscience in its full complexity-to think about it beyond the abstract, the moralistic, and the anecdotal. That indeed would be an exceptional achievement." -- Vedran Duancic, Isis, "The book excels as an introduction to the topic....It has the potential to appeal to a wider audience... and help readers within and beyond academia to conceptualize and engage with pseudoscience in its full complexity-to think about it beyond the abstract, the moralistic, and the anecdotal. That indeed would be an exceptional achievement." -- Vedran Duan%ci'c, Isis"In his very short introduction, Michael D. Gordin (Professor of History at Princeton University) provides a clear and reasonably detailed overview of the issues surrounding the concept of pseudoscience...the book does serve its purpose in introducing students and the general public to canonical examples and references." -- Stéphanie Debray, Metascience, "The book excels as an introduction to the topic....It has the potential to appeal to a wider audience... and help readers within and beyond academia to conceptualize and engage with pseudoscience in its full complexity-to think about it beyond the abstract, the moralistic, and the anecdotal. That indeed would be an exceptional achievement." -- Vedran Duancic, Isis "In his very short introduction, Michael D. Gordin (Professor of History at Princeton University) provides a clear and reasonably detailed overview of the issues surrounding the concept of pseudoscience...the book does serve its purpose in introducing students and the general public to canonical examples and references." -- Stéphanie Debray, Metascience
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Table Of ContentChapter 1: The demarcation problemChapter 2: Vestigial sciencesChapter 3: Hyperpoliticized sciencesChapter 4: Fighting "establishment" scienceChapter 5: Mind over matterChapter 6: Controversy is inevitable Chapter 7: The russian questionsReferencesFurther ReadingIndex
SynopsisEveryone has heard of the term "pseudoscience," typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Many would be able to agree on a list of things that fall under its umbrella - astrology, phrenology, UFOlogy, creationism, and eugenics might come to mind. But defining what makes these fields "pseudo" is a far more complex issue. It has proved impossible to come up with a simple criterion that enables us to differentiate pseudoscience from genuine science. Given the virulence of contemporary disputes over the denial of climate change and anti-vaccination movements - both of which display allegations of "pseudoscience" on all sides - there is a clear need to better understand issues of scientific demarcation. Pseudoscience: A Very Short Introduction explores the philosophical and historical attempts to address this problem of demarcation. This book argues that by understanding doctrines that are often seen as antithetical to science, we can learn a great deal about how science operated in the past and does today. This exploration raises several questions: How does a doctrine become demonized as pseudoscientific? Who has the authority to make these pronouncements? How is the status of science shaped by political or cultural contexts? How does pseudoscience differ from scientific fraud? Michael D. Gordin both answers these questions and guides readers along a bewildering array of marginalized doctrines, looking at parapsychology (ESP), Lysenkoism, scientific racism, and alchemy, among others, to better understand the struggle to define what science is and is not, and how the controversies have shifted over the centuries. Pseudoscience: A Very Short Introduction provides a historical tour through many of these fringe fields in order to provide tools to think deeply about scientific controversies both in the past and in our present., Everyone has heard of the term "pseudoscience," typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Many would be able to agree on a list of things that fall under its umbrella - astrology, phrenology, UFOlogy, creationism, and eugenics might come to mind. But defining what makes these fields, 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 defining what makes these fields "pseudo" and differentiates them from genuine science is a far more complex issue. Pseudoscience: A Very Short Introduction explores the philosophical and historical attempts to address this problem of demarcation. Michael D. Gordin guidesreaders 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. This Very ShortIntroduction provides a historical tour through various theories, providing readers with the tools to think deeply about scientific controversies both past and present.
LC Classification NumberQ172.5.P77G675 2023
