Dictionary Definition
pseudoscientific adj : based on theories and
methods erroneously regarded as scientific
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience.
- In fiction, made to sound scientific through the use of technical terms and long words incorporating Greek and Latin prefixes and suffixes of the kind commonly used in scientific parlance.
Translations
of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience
- Czech: pavědecký , pseudovědecký
Extensive Definition
- Astrology
- Bogdanov Affair
- Cargo cult science
- Committee for Skeptical Inquiry aka. CSICOP
- Creation science
- Dianetics
- Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience, edited by Dr William F. Williams
- Intelligent design
- Junk science
- James Randi Educational Foundation
- List of pseudosciences and pseudoscientific concepts
- Paradigm shift
- Paranormal
- Parapsychology
- Pathological science
- Protoscience
- Pseudoskepticism (or Pathological skepticism)
- Quackery
- Scientology
- Sokal Affair
- The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience edited by Michael Shermer of The Skeptics Society
- Time Cube
- True-believer syndrome
Further reading
- Science or Pseudoscience
- Debunked
- Science – Good, Bad and Bogus
- Scientific Method in Practice
- The Demon-Haunted World: Science As a Candle In the Dark
- Why People Believe Weird Things – Pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time
- The Logic and Methodology of Science and Pseudoscience
References
External links
- Checklist for identifying dubious technical processes and products - Rainer Bunge, PhD
- The Anatomy of Pseudoscience - Steven Novella, MD
- Debating pseudoscientists - Philip Plait
- Distinguishing Science from Pseudoscience - Rory Coker, PhD
- Distinguishing Science from Pseudoscience - Barry L. Beyerstein
- Pseudoscience - Robert Todd Carroll, PhD
- Pseudoscience. What is it? How can I recognize it? - Stephen Lower
- Science and Pseudoscience - transcript and broadcast of talk by Imre Lakatos
- Science Needs to Combat Pseudoscience - A statement by 32 Russian scientists and philosophers
- Science, Pseudoscience, and Irrationalism - Steven Dutch
- The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science - Robert L. Park
- Why Is Pseudoscience Dangerous? - Edward Kruglyakov
- Plate Tectonics: The Rocky History of an Idea by Brian Simison, University of California, Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, retrieved August 2, 2006
- Nonsense (And Why It's So Popular) a course syllabus from The College of Wooster, retrieved December 21, 2007
pseudoscientific in Arabic: علوم زائفة
pseudoscientific in Bosnian: Pseudonauka
pseudoscientific in Bulgarian: Лъженаука
pseudoscientific in Catalan: Pseudociència
pseudoscientific in Czech: Pseudověda
pseudoscientific in Welsh: Ffugwyddoniaeth
pseudoscientific in Danish:
Pseudovidenskab
pseudoscientific in German:
Pseudowissenschaft
pseudoscientific in Estonian: Pseudoteadus
pseudoscientific in Modern Greek (1453-):
Ψευδοεπιστήμη
pseudoscientific in Spanish: Pseudociencia
pseudoscientific in Esperanto:
Pseŭdoscienco
pseudoscientific in Persian: شبه علم
pseudoscientific in Faroese: Pseudovísindi
pseudoscientific in French: Pseudo-science
pseudoscientific in Galician:
Pseudociencia
pseudoscientific in Korean: 의사과학
pseudoscientific in Croatian:
Pseudoznanost
pseudoscientific in Indonesian: Ilmu semu
pseudoscientific in Interlingua (International
Auxiliary Language Association): Pseudoscientia
pseudoscientific in Icelandic: Hjáfræði
pseudoscientific in Italian: Pseudoscienza
pseudoscientific in Hebrew: פסבדו-מדע
pseudoscientific in Lithuanian:
Pseudomokslas
pseudoscientific in Hungarian: Áltudomány
pseudoscientific in Malay (macrolanguage):
Pseudosains
pseudoscientific in Dutch:
Pseudowetenschap
pseudoscientific in Japanese: 疑似科学
pseudoscientific in Norwegian:
Pseudovitenskap
pseudoscientific in Polish: Pseudonauka
pseudoscientific in Portuguese:
Pseudociência
pseudoscientific in Romanian:
Pseudoştiinţă
pseudoscientific in Russian: Псевдонаука
pseudoscientific in Simple English:
Pseudoscience
pseudoscientific in Serbian: Псеудонаука
pseudoscientific in Finnish: Näennäistiede
pseudoscientific in Swedish:
Pseudovetenskap
pseudoscientific in Vietnamese: Giả khoa
học
pseudoscientific in Turkish: Sözdebilim
pseudoscientific in Chinese:
伪科学