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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Debates over what qualifies as pseudoscience are unavoidable, yet flawed.
Chapter 3: Many pseudosciences used to be widely accepted as real science.
Chapter 4: Certain pseudosciences were promoted to advance specific political ideologies.
Chapter 5: Followers of counterestablishment sciences see themselves as guardians of the truth.
Chapter 6: Skeptics have kept parapsychology research pushed to the margins of science.
Chapter 7: Denialism has much in common with pseudoscientific movements.
Chapter 8: The competitive nature of science ensures that pseudoscientific claims will persist.
Description
On the Fringe (2021) delves into what defines a pseudoscience along historical and philosophical lines. With the rise of climate-change deniers and anti-vaxxers, understanding the demarcation between science and pseudoscience has a newfound urgency. By exploring pseudosciences such as astrology, the flat-Earth model, and ESP, we can learn about the nature of science in both the past and the present.
Who Should Listen
- Historians, scientists, and philosophers
- Astrology enthusiasts
- Climate-change activists