The scam of pseudoscience

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  • Angelo Fasce University of Valencia (Spain).

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https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.8.21092

Abstract

P Nombre y apellido seudosciences are by-products of the prestige of science as a social enterprise and as a means of obtaining knowledge. Their character is inherently negative, given that, by definition, a pseudoscience is an intellectual fraud consisting of products, practices, or ideas unconnected with scientific rationality that are asserted as science to society, in an act of rhetorical enhancement of their dubious goodness. For several decades they have attracted great interest, not only because of the strange and sometimes extreme nature of their contents, but also because of the alarming penetration they have reached in highly sensitive environments, such as the education or health system systems.

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Author Biography

Angelo Fasce, University of Valencia (Spain).

Philosopher of science with a neuroscience background. He is currently a doctoral student at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Valencia (Spain). He is an expert on the demarcation problem and the psychological mechanisms that give rise to irrational thinking. He is also an active disseminator of science and its philosophy.

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Published

2021-06-17

How to Cite

Fasce, A. (2021). The scam of pseudoscience. Metode Science Studies Journal, (8), 122–123. https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.8.21092
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Making science: A multitude of perspectives (2018)

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The scam of pseudoscience

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