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What is science and what is not? Current panorama of the problem of scientific demarcation
Perspectivas MetodológicasScience is a practice that allows the production of epistemically guaranteed knowledge about topics of interest to human beings. However, there has yet to be a consensus about the criteria to determine what is science and what is not.
Nicolás Alejandro Vizioli +3 more
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Natural Sciences Education, Volume 55, Issue 2, December 2026.Abstract Society generally presents sex inaccurately as a binary variable based on one or few trait(s), causing myriad issues, including the pursuit of reductionist biology experiments, the creation of laws that limit the rights of women, people with queer genders, and intersex folks, and greater student endorsement of gender stereotypes in ...
Emily P. Driessen +4 more
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Criteria of scientificity and their evolution as a problem of philosophy of science
Интеллект. Инновации. Инвестиции, 2023 The relevance of research into the criteria of scientificity becomes more acute with each new stage in the development of science, and such a situation has accompanied science since the time when it acquired the status of the epicenter of New European ...
N. V. Bryanik
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Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 5, September 2026.ABSTRACT While Black and visual geographies have examined the image's racial and spatial power, more work is needed to analyze how racial frames of view become spatially embedded. This paper advances such a practice by analyzing news images of homelessness in Oakland.
Clara Pérez Medina
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Editorial: The Psychology of Pseudoscience
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 "Editorial on Research Topic"
Blancke, Stefaan +5 more
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Expert Systems, Volume 43, Issue 9, September 2026.ABSTRACT Online dissemination of conspiracy theories (CTs) during epidemics poses significant risks to public health. This paper addresses the problem of detecting CTs in social media posts with an emphasis on the resource‐constrained scenarios characterized by the scarcity of labelled datasets and expert annotations, and the lack of computational ...
Ipek Baris Schlicht +4 more
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Conspiracy Theory Endorsement Profiles: A Cluster Validation Study
European Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 56, Issue 5, Page 861-872, August 2026.ABSTRACT A substantial body of research has investigated the determinants of conspiratorial beliefs, yet little is known about different conspiracy theory endorsement profiles. The present study used cluster analysis on a set of 52 conspiratorial statements tapping into six conspiracy theory types to identify and validate conspiracy theory endorsement ...
Otto Mäki +6 more
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Is Your Career Determined by the Stars? Western Zodiac Signs and Labor Market Outcomes in Germany
Kyklos, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 796-805, August 2026.ABSTRACT An increasing share of people believes that zodiac signs predict life outcomes, like career trajectories, even though there is no scientific basis for this claim. Using German administrative data covering more than 11 million observations from 1 million individuals, we investigate whether Zodiac signs determine labor market outcomes.
Matthias Collischon, Florian Zimmermann
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Media effects in the use of pseudoscience: A systematic literature review (1900–2022)
Cultures of SciencePseudoscience is not a fringe issue in society; it influences decisions on health or finances. Although there is not robust data on pseudoscience usage, most national studies estimate that it is used by 10% of the population.
Tiago Ramalho, Sandra Marinho
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Scientists’ Perspectives on the Demarcation Problem
Felsefe Arkivi, 2023 The demarcation problem, concerning the establishment of a specific criterion for distinguishing science from non-science or pseudoscience, stands as one of the central issues in the philosophy of science.
Mustafa Efe Ateş +2 more
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