Pseudoscience : the conspiracy against science / edited by Allison B. Kaufman and James C. Kaufman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaufman, Allison B., 1976- editor.

Kaufman, James C., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pseudoscience.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

MIT Press CogNet.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Case studies, personal accounts, and analysis show how to recognize and combat pseudoscience in a post-truth world.

Contents:

I The Basics of Pseudoscience 1

1 Pseudoscience and the Pursuit of Truth 3

2 The Psychology of (Pseudo)Science: Cognitive, Social, and Cultural Factors 21

3 The Illusion of Causality: A Cognitive Bias Underlying Pseudoscience 45

4 Hard Science, Soft Science, and Pseudoscience: Implications of Research on the Hierarchy of the Sciences 77

II What Pseudoscience Costs Society 101

5 Food-o-science Pseudoscience: The Weapons and Tactics in the War on Crop Biotechnology 103

6 An Inside Look at Naturopathic Medicine: A Whistleblower's Deconstruction of Its Core Principles 137

7 Risky Play and Growing Up: How to Understand the Overprotection of the Next Generation 171

8 The Anti-Vaccine Movement: A Litany of Fallacy and Errors 195

III Scientific (or Pseudoscientific) Soundness 221

9 Understanding Pseudoscience Vulnerability through Epistemological Development, Critical Thinking, and Science Literacy 223

10 Scientific Failure as a Public Good: Illustrating the Process of Science and Its Contrast with Pseudoscience 239

11 Evidence-Based Practice as a Driver of Pseudoscience in Prevention Research 263

12 Scientific Soundness and the Problem of Predatory Journals 283

13 Pseudoscience, Coming to a Peer-Reviewed Journal Near You 301

IV Pseudoscience in the Mainstream 307

14 "Integrative" Medicine: Integrating Quackery with Science-Based Medicine 309

15 Hypnosis: Science, Pseudoscience, and Nonsense 331

16 Abuses and Misuses of Intelligence Tests: Facts and Misconceptions 351

17 Reflections on Pseudoscience and Parapsychology: From Here to There and (Slightly) Back Again 375

V Science Activism: How People Think about Pseudoscience 393

18 Using Case Studies to Combat a Pseudoscience Culture 395

19 "HIV Does Not Cause AIDS": A Journey into AIDS Denialism 419

20 Swaying Pseudoscience: The Inoculation Effect 441

21 The Challenges of Changing Minds: How Confirmation Bias and Pattern Recognition Affect Our Search for Meaning 451

VI Conclusion 465

22 Truth Shall Prevail 467.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0262344815

0262344823

9780262344814

9780262344821

OCLC:

1021805465

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