Debunking scholarly nonsense / Robert Hauptman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hauptman, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Common fallacies.

Knowledge, Theory of.

History--Errors, inventions, etc.

History.

Misinformation.

Postmodernism--History and criticism.

Postmodernism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington : Academica Press, [2022]

Summary:

Debunking Scholarly Nonsense is a diatribe against the foolish claptrap that serious and respected scholars sometimes foist upon their peers and the public. The material discussed here does not usually derive from extreme political notions, conspiracy theories, or the ruminations of those who accept astrological control, I Ching divination, crystal healing, or chariots of the gods. Rather, the progenitors are physicists, astronomers, psychologists, psychiatrists, medical doctors, and philosophers. The topics under discussion include Holocaust denial, string theory, multiple universes, alien abductions, extraterrestrials, a simulated or non-existent world, non-sentience or poly-sentience, harmful therapies, denials of climate change and Covid vaccination efficacy, among other possibilities. The authors of these articles, essays, papers, and books are not merely ruminating in a void. Their words and ideas influence others and may have detrimental effects in a world already charged with extreme misery.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Introduction*

Evidence

Nonsense

Summative agury

Notes

Part I: On the Periphery: Agenda-Ridden Abusers

Chapter 1. Literary Misuse: Gravity, Uncertainty, Entropy, and the Heat Death of Reason

Chapter 2. Intellectual Charlatans: Postmodernism and its Deconstructors

Deconstruction

Chapter 3. Confused Ideologues: Holocaust Denial and the Attack on Science

Holocaust denial

The attack on science

False research findings

Chapter 4. Political Correctness Run Amuck

Ideological pitfalls

Not out of Africa

Chapter 5. Distortions: Philosophy, Art, Music

Philosophy

Art*

Music

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781680538618

1680538616

OCLC:

1458763585