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The Gordian Knot of Demarcation: Tying Up Some Loose Ends

Letrud, Kåre
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https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2719955
Date
2019
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Original version
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science. 2019   10.1080/02698595.2019.1618031
Abstract
In this article, I seek to improve upon a definition of pseudoscience put forward by Sven Ove Hansson. I argue that not only does its use of ‘pseudoscientific statement’ as definiendum inadequately address the theoretical issue of demarcation, it also makes the definition inapt for practical demarcation. Moreover, I argue that Hanson’s definition subsumes statements and associated practices that are forms of bad science, resulting in an unfavourably wide concept. I try to save the definition from the brunt of this critique by arguing that some pseudoscientific statements are particularly significant when demarcating a discipline as a pseudoscience.
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© 2019 Open Society Foundation . This article will not be available due to copyright restrictions.
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