Can science be distinguished from nonsense? – Person

2023-07-08 15:00:00

what is science How can facts and untruths be distinguished? The controversy regarding this goes back to antiquity. It escalated almost exactly forty years ago, when the philosopher of science Larry Laudan, in a memorable work, stated that there was no working criterion to distinguish science from pseudoscience. One would do well to simply stop using the term pseudoscience. And in fact there is still no generally established scientific criterion. But the question of what is science and what is not is more explosive than ever due to the increase in fake news on the Internet.

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