{"product_id":"philosophy-of-pseudoscience-reconsidering-the-demarcation-problem-9780226051963","title":"Philosophy of Pseudoscience: Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat sets the practice of rigorously tested  sound science apart from pseudoscience? In this volume  the contributors seek to answer this question  known to philosophers of science as the demarcation problem. This issue has a long history in philosophy  stretching as far back as the early twentieth century and the work of Karl Popper. But by the late 1980s  scholars in the field began to treat the demarcation problem as impossible to solve and futile to ponder. However  the essays that Massimo Pigliucci and Maarten Boudry have assembled in this volume make a rousing case for the unequivocal importance of reflecting on the separation between pseudoscience and sound science. Moreover  the demarcation problem is not a purely theoretical dilemma of mere academic interest: it affects parents decisions to vaccinate children and governments willingness to adopt policies that prevent climate change. Pseudoscience often mimics science  using the superficial language and trappings of actual scientific research to seem more respectable. Even a well-informed public can be taken in by such questionable theories dressed up as science. Pseudoscientific beliefs compete with sound science on the health pages of newspapers for media coverage and in laboratories for research funding. Now more than ever the ability to separate genuine scientific findings from spurious ones is vital  and The Philosophy of Pseudoscience provides ground for philosophers  sociologists  historians  and laypeople to make decisions about what science is or isnt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651562790965,"sku":"ByrdShop_022605196X","price":35.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226051963.jpg?v=1781835721","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/philosophy-of-pseudoscience-reconsidering-the-demarcation-problem-9780226051963","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}