Definition of Science
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Science
– natural sciences – physics, biology, chemistry, and ...
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Not science
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walking, painting, singing, cooking, literature, religion, metaphysics, history (?), mathematics
(?)
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Pseudo-science (non-science that purports to be a science):
alchemy (?), parapsychology,
early psychology, alternative medicine, astrology, scientology,
Pseudo-Sciences
Alchemy (?)
Parapsychology
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Study of extrasensory perception and paranormal powers such as telekinesis (‘distant movement’),
telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition.
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In 1969, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) admitted the
Parapsychological Association as affiliate member. ‘official recognition’ as science
Alternative Medicine
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Chinese or Ayurvedic medicine, homeopathy, various herbals and other miscellaneous treatments that
have not been accepted by the mainstream, or Western, medical establishment.”
Astrology
Scientology
Pseudo-Scientific Doctrines
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Creationism
– the belief that life, especially human life, and everything else in the universe was
created by a divine entity
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Global Warming denialism
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- Fall '08
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