Philosophy:Philosophy of Pseudoscience
 2013 Book jacket | |
| Author | Massimo Pigliucci and Maarten Boudry |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Pseudoscience, 20th Century falsification, Karl Popper, Science and Religion |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Published | August 2013 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
| Media type | Print, E-Book |
| Pages | 480 |
| ISBN | 9780226051796 9780226051826 (online) |
| OCLC | 824088394 |
| Website | Webpage |
Philosophy of Pseudoscience: Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem is a set of 23 essays that wrestle with the demarcation problem which is the question of how to distinguish between science and non-science. The book's editors are the notable Massimo Pigliucci and Maarten Boudry. It was published in August 2013 by the University of Chicago Press. [1][2][3][4][5]
Reception
Derek D. Turner writing for The Quarterly Review of Biology says, "... this volume is well motivated. It would have benefitted, however, from the inclusion of someone representing and updating Laudan’s antidemarcationist perspective."[1] Skeptical Inquirer magazine says, " The editors argue convincingly that the nature of science and the difference between science and pseudoscience are topics of crucial interest for philosophers, historians, and sociologists of science and also intrinsically interesting and directly relevant to people's lives."[6] Choice magazine says, "If the philosophical problem of demarcating science from pseudoscience has a stale reputation, this book is a revitalizing gust of fresh air."[7]
See also
- Why People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer
- Pseudoscience
- List of topics characterized as pseudoscience
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turner, Derek D. (2014). "Philosophy of Pseudoscience: Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem. Edited by Massimo Pigliucci and Maarten Boudry. Chicago (Illinois): University of Chicago Press. $35.00 (Paper). Viii + 469 p.; index. ISBN: 978-0-226-05179-6 (Hc); 978-0-226-05196-3 (Pb); 978-0-226-05182-6 (Eb). 2013.". The Quarterly Review of Biology 89 (2): 161–162. doi:10.1086/676054.
- ↑ Ambasciano, Leonardo (2017). "Mapping Pluto's Republic: Cognitive and Epistemological Reflections on Philosophy of Pseudoscience: Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem". Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion 3 (2): 183–205. doi:10.1558/jcsr.27091.
- ↑ Nola, Robert (2015). "The fuzziness of pseudoscience". Metascience 24 (2): 279–284. doi:10.1007/s11016-014-9970-z.
- ↑ Tatarczak, Michał (2015). "Reviewed work: Philosophy of Pseudoscience. Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem, Massimo Pigliucci i Maarten Boudry". Roczniki Filozoficzne / Annales de Philosophie / Annals of Philosophy 63 (4): 231–239. https://www.jstor.org/stable/roczfiloannaphilo.63.4.231.
- ↑ Pigliucci, Massimo; Boudry, Maarten (2013). Philosophy of Pseudoscience. doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226051826.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-226-05196-3. ISBN 978-0-226-05196-3
- ↑ "Philosophy of Pseudoscience: Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem." (2013, November-December). Skeptical Inquirer, 37(6), 58, Gale A348785702 Accessed June 27, 2026.
- ↑ Martin, J. D. "Philosophy of Pseudoscience: Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem." Choice 51.6 (2014): 1027. ProQuest 1511595319. Accessed June 27, 2026.
External links
- Official website
- Book's introduction.
- Oxford Academic
- PhilPapers
- "Massimo Pigliucci — How to Live a Good Life and Create a Just Society." Michael Shermer podcast # 320. January 31, 2023.
Further reading
- Boudry, Maarten (2022). "Diagnosing Pseudoscience – by Getting Rid of the Demarcation Problem". Journal for General Philosophy of Science 53 (2): 83–101. doi:10.1007/s10838-021-09572-4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-021-09572-4.
- see also: Gale A708580631
- Shermer, Michael (2011). "What is Pseudoscience?". Scientific American 305 (3): 92–93. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0911-92. PMID 21870452. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26002803.
- Allchin, Douglas (2012). "What Counts as Science". The American Biology Teacher 74 (4): 291–294. doi:10.1525/abt.2012.74.4.17. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/abt.2012.74.4.17.
- Pigliucci, Massimo; Boudry, Maarten (2014). "Prove it! The Burden of Proof Game in Science vs. Pseudoscience Disputes". Philosophia 42 (2): 487–502. doi:10.1007/s11406-013-9500-z. https://philarchive.org/rec/PIGPIT.
- Boudry, Maarten; Blancke, Stefaan; Pigliucci, Massimo (2015). "What makes weird beliefs thrive? The epidemiology of pseudoscience". Philosophical Psychology 28 (8): 1177–1198. doi:10.1080/09515089.2014.971946.
- Boudry, Maarten; Paglieri, Fabio; Pigliucci, Massimo (2015). "The Fake, the Flimsy, and the Fallacious: Demarcating Arguments in Real Life". Argumentation 29 (4): 431–456. doi:10.1007/s10503-015-9359-1.
- Massimo Pigliucci (2018). Nonsense on Stilts. University of Chicago Press. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo28300772.html. 2nd edition.
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