pseudoscience n : an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions

English

Etymology

• pseudo- + science

Noun

1. 1844 Any body of knowledge purported to be scientific or supported by science but which fails to comply with the scientific method.

Usage notes

This term may be used by people who have no underlying familiarity with the subject under consideration, and thus may be seen as pejorative. Its use should be avoided in the absence of relevant information. Also, philosophers of science have been unable to reach consensus on a definition of pseudoscience.

Derived terms

• pseudoscientific
• pseudoscientist

Translations

• Czech: pavěda , pseudověda
• Dutch: pseudowetenschap
• Finnish: pseudotiede, mukatiede, näennäistiede
• Greek: ψευδοεπιστήμη,
• Swedish: pseudovetenskap

• Astrology
• Bogdanov Affair
• Cargo cult science
• Committee for Skeptical Inquiry aka. CSICOP
• Creation science
• Dianetics
• Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience, edited by Dr William F. Williams
• Intelligent design
• Junk science
• James Randi Educational Foundation
• List of pseudosciences and pseudoscientific concepts
• Paradigm shift
• Paranormal
• Parapsychology
• Pathological science
• Protoscience
• Pseudoskepticism (or Pathological skepticism)
• Quackery
• Scientology
• Sokal Affair
• The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience edited by Michael Shermer of The Skeptics Society
• Time Cube
• True-believer syndrome

Further reading

• Science or Pseudoscience
• Debunked
• Science – Good, Bad and Bogus
• Scientific Method in Practice
• The Demon-Haunted World: Science As a Candle In the Dark
• Why People Believe Weird Things – Pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time
• The Logic and Methodology of Science and Pseudoscience

References

External links

• Checklist for identifying dubious technical processes and products - Rainer Bunge, PhD
• The Anatomy of Pseudoscience - Steven Novella, MD
• Debating pseudoscientists - Philip Plait
• Distinguishing Science from Pseudoscience - Rory Coker, PhD
• Distinguishing Science from Pseudoscience - Barry L. Beyerstein
• Pseudoscience - Robert Todd Carroll, PhD
• Pseudoscience. What is it? How can I recognize it? - Stephen Lower
• Science and Pseudoscience - transcript and broadcast of talk by Imre Lakatos
• Science Needs to Combat Pseudoscience - A statement by 32 Russian scientists and philosophers
• Science, Pseudoscience, and Irrationalism - Steven Dutch
• The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science - Robert L. Park
• Why Is Pseudoscience Dangerous? - Edward Kruglyakov
• Plate Tectonics: The Rocky History of an Idea by Brian Simison, University of California, Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, retrieved August 2, 2006
• Nonsense (And Why It's So Popular) a course syllabus from The College of Wooster, retrieved December 21, 2007