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, 2013 The term pseudoscience refers to a highly heterogeneous set of practices, beliefs, and claims sharing the property of appearing to be scientific when in fact they contradict either scientific findings or the methods by which science proceeds.
Pigliucci, Massimo
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Investigation of the preservice teachers’ science-pseudoscience distinction and epistemological beliefs [PDF]
, 2021 This study aims to investigate preservice teachers’ science-pseudoscience distinctions, epistemological beliefs, and to explore the relationship between these two parameters. To this end, a correlational research design has been employed.
Saylan Kırmızıgül, Aslı +3 more
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Editorial: Verification, Falsification, and the Methodology Paradigm Shift for Scientific Psychology. [PDF]
Psych JPsyCh Journal, Volume 15, Issue 3, June 2026.
Zhang J.
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Complementary Medicine in the Classroom: Is it Science?
Current Issues in Education, 2023 This academic essay provides a strategy for teaching complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the classroom, a subject typically critiqued as unconventional and non-scientific.
Frank Trocco
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Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2022 This article presents an integrative model for the endorsement of pseudoscience: the explanation-polarisation model. It is based on a combination of perceived explanatory satisfaction and group polarisation, offering a perspective different from the ...
Angelo Fasce
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Political Observer, 2022 This article brings forth, organizes and interprets a compound of historical-empirical evidence that allows questioning of two still standing pillars of Nazism political studies: the assumption that the racial aspect of nazi ideology enjoyed a ...
Henrique Varajidás
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Технологія і техніка друкарства, 2021 The criteria for distinguishing between scientific and pseudoscientific information have been studied. The scientific activity as a system is characterized, its goals and the principles of scientific discussion are highlighted.
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Whence pseudoscience? An epidemiological approach
Mètode Science Studies Journal: Annual Review, 2018 In this paper, we develop an epidemiological approach to account for the typical features and persistent popularity of pseudoscience. An epidemiology of pseudoscience aims at explaining why some beliefs become widely distributed whereas others do not and
Stefaan Blancke +2 more
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From creationism to economics: How far should analyses of pseudoscience extend?
Mètode Science Studies Journal: Annual Review, 2018 Both the scientific and philosophical problems with classic pseudosciences such as astrology and creationism are well known, leading to institutions that are not structured to promote cognitive advancement.
Taner Edis
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 With access to information ever increasing, it is essential that students acquire the skills to distinguish fact from fiction. By incorporating examples of pseudoscience into lectures, instructors can provide students with the tools needed to understand ...
Rodney Michael Schmaltz +1 more
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