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Pseudoscience : a very short introduction / by Gordin, Michael D.,author.(CARDINAL)673874;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-106) and index.List of illustrations -- Preface -- 1. The demarcation problem -- 2. Vestigial science -- 3. Hyperpoliticized sciences -- 4. Fighting "establishment" science -- 5. Mind over matter -- 6. Controversy is inevitable -- 7. The Russian questions -- References -- Further reading -- Index.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. Michael D. Gordin provides a historical tour through various theories, guiding readers 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--back cover.
Subjects: Pseudoscience.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Pseudoscience : an amusing history of crackpot ideas and why we love them / by Kang, Lydia,author.(CARDINAL)349637; Pedersen, Nate,author.(CARDINAL)349636;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-296) and index.Introduction --"More than 2,000 years ago, Aristotle originated the scientific method. And it's been an uphill battle ever since. Instead of sticking to what the evidence proves, we love to believe in things like the Bermuda Triangle, personality tests, crop circles, Bigfoot, spontaneous human combustion, and UFOs. Covering everything from the easily disproved to the wildly speculative, hucksterism to conspiracy theories, Pseudoscience is an entertaining, compulsively readable, and visually rich look at the history of the bizarre and our all-too-human weakness to fall for things scientifically suspect. But also, let's be honest--the earth does seem kind of flat."--
Subjects: Informational works.; Pseudoscience.; Quacks and quackery.;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 12
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Science or pseudoscience : magnetic healing, psychic phenomena, and other heterodoxies / by Bauer, Henry H.(CARDINAL)734346;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-264) and index.
Subjects: Pseudoscience.;
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The skeptic's dictionary : a collection of strange beliefs, amusing deceptions, and dangerous delusions / by Carroll, Robert Todd,1945-(CARDINAL)673931;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Pseudoscience;
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On the fringe : where science meets pseudoscience / by Gordin, Michael D.,author.(CARDINAL)673874;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Pseudoscience is not a real thing. The term is a negative category, always ascribed to somebody else's beliefs, not to characterize a doctrine one holds dear oneself. People who espouse fringe ideas never think of themselves as "pseudoscientists"; they think they are following the correct scientific doctrine, even if it is not mainstream. In that sense, there is no such thing as pseudoscience, just disagreements about what the right science is. This is a familiar phenomenon. No believer ever thinks she is a "heretic," for example, or an artist that he produces "bad art." Those are attacks presented by opponents. Yet pseudoscience is also real. The term of abuse is used quite frequently, sometimes even about ideas that are at the core of the scientific mainstream, and those labels have consequences. If the reputation of "pseudoscience" solidifies, then it is very hard for a doctrine to shed the bad reputation. The outcome is plenty of scorn and no legitimacy (or funding) to investigate one's theories. In this, "pseudoscience" is a lot like "heresy": if the label sticks, persecution follows"--
Subjects: Pseudoscience;
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Proofiness : the dark arts of mathematical deception / by Seife, Charles.(CARDINAL)658194;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-286) and index.Proofiness -- Phony facts, phony figures -- Rorschach's demon -- Risky business -- Poll cats -- Electile dysfunction -- An unfair vote -- Alternate realities -- Propaganda by the numbers -- Appendix A. Statistical error -- Appendix B. Electronic voting -- Appendix C. The prosecutor's fallacy.The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-- and shapes-- our daily lives
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Mathematics; Pseudoscience.;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 12
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Science under siege : defending science, exposing pseudoscience / by Frazier, Kendrick.(CARDINAL)142025;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-370).
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Pseudoscience.; Science;
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The pseudoscience wars : Immanuel Velikovsky and the birth of the modern fringe / by Gordin, Michael D.(CARDINAL)673874;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Bad ideas -- The grand collision of spring 1950 -- A monolithic oneness -- The battle over Lysenkoism -- Experiments in rehabilitation -- Skirmishes on the edge of creation -- Strangest bedfellows -- Conclusion: Pseudoscience in our time." In The Pseudoscience Wars, Michael D. Gordin resurrects the largely forgotten figure of Immanuel Velikovsky and uses his strange career and surprisingly influential writings to explore the changing definitions of the line that separates legitimate scientific inquiry from what is deemed bunk, and to show how vital this question remains to us today. Drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished material from Velikovsky's personal archives, Gordin presents a behind-the-scenes history of the writer's career, from his initial burst of success through his growing influence on the counterculture, heated public battles with such luminaries as Carl Sagan, and eventual eclipse. Along the way, he offers fascinating glimpses into the histories and effects of other fringe doctrines, including creationism, Lysenkoism, parapsychology, and more-all of which have surprising connections to Velikovsky's theories."--provided by publisher.
Subjects: Lysenko, Trofim, 1898-1976.; Velikovsky, Immanuel, 1895-1979; Velikovsky, Immanuel, 1895-1979; Creationism; Eugenics; Pseudoscience; Science;
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Science and the ske?tic : discerning fact from fiction / by Zimmer, Marc,author.(CARDINAL)469399;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-117) and index.What is science? -- Fake science -- This is science, not politics -- Quackery -- The twenty rules."Covering how science is done, why some people want to trick others, and why false information can be dangerous, this book empowers readers to know which sources to trust and which to dismiss as deceit"--Grades 10-12Ages 13-181260L
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Young adult literature.; Fraud in science.; Pseudoscience.; Science.;
Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 17
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Science unlimited? : the challenges of scientism / by Boudry, Maarten,1984-editor.; Pigliucci, Massimo,1964-editor.(CARDINAL)650516;
Includes bibliographical references and index."All too often in contemporary discourse, we hear about science overstepping its proper limits--about its brazenness, arrogance, and intellectual imperialism. The problem, critics say, is scientism: the privileging of science over all other ways of knowing. Science, they warn, cannot do or explain everything, no matter what some enthusiasts believe. In Science Unlimited?, noted philosophers of science Maarten Boudry and Massimo Pigliucci gather a diverse group of scientists, science communicators, and philosophers of science to explore the limits of science and this alleged threat of scientism. In this wide-ranging collection, contributors ask whether the term scientism in fact (or in belief) captures an interesting and important intellectual stance, and whether it is something that should alarm us. Is scientism a well-developed position about the superiority of science over all other modes of human inquiry? Or is it more a form of excessive confidence, an uncritical attitude of glowing admiration? What, if any, are its dangers? Are fears that science will marginalize the humanities and eradicate the human subject--that it will explain away emotion, free will, consciousness, and the mystery of existence--justified? Does science need to be reined in before it drives out all other disciplines and ways of knowing? Both rigorous and balanced, Science Unlimited? interrogates our use of a term that is now all but ubiquitous in a wide variety of contexts and debates. Bringing together scientists and philosophers, both friends and foes of scientism, it is a conversation long overdue" -- From the publisher
Subjects: Scientism.; Science; Pseudoscience.;
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