4) What is the difference between science, non-science and pseudo-science? Are non-scientific explanations ever correct? What should we do when a scientific explanation clashes with a non-scientific explanation? Illustrate with examples.
In the last years the science and non-science distinction has become increasingly blurred due to different positions and interpretations of science in the modern world, additionally to those there should be also considered questioning the validity of scientific explanations commonly recognized as providing the best explanations when compared to other non-science explanations. However, are all the explanations provided by science completely correct? Non-science groups argue against science due to their mistakes …show more content…
Are non-scientific explanations ever correct? Furthermore, there can also emerge some discrepancies when assessing both scientific and non-scientific explanations regarding the same issue, leading to more than one possible answer, in which particular cases further approaches or perspectives regarding the question will arise.
The aim of this essay is to provide a clear differentiation between science and non-science, also mentioning the concept of pseudoscience. There will also be questioned the validity of non-science explanations and their influence when clashing with other scientific explanations responding to same or similar issues in the world. In order to illustrate these main differences we will use general accepted definitions of the terms science, non-science, pseudoscience, providing particular examples in each …show more content…
Pooper was the first person to suggest the concept of pseudoscience and argued Marxism and Freudian psychology as main examples falling into this concept. This due to the fact that both presented themselves as true science but lacked from proper scientific foundation. Marxism and Freudian psychology also failed to be part of true science due to their inability to be falsified fitting to everyone differing from true science which should be falsifiable and open to possible arguments in order to constantly improve and develop better answers. (Lecture 9, page 10).
Another example of pseudoscience can be found in business, when decisions are made based on opinions using data in order to help us make better decisions accepting current theories. Instead of explore in detail these theories before applying it, creating a difference between fact claimed by science and opinion obtained by
In the last years the science and non-science distinction has become increasingly blurred due to different positions and interpretations of science in the modern world, additionally to those there should be also considered questioning the validity of scientific explanations commonly recognized as providing the best explanations when compared to other non-science explanations. However, are all the explanations provided by science completely correct? Non-science groups argue against science due to their mistakes …show more content…
Are non-scientific explanations ever correct? Furthermore, there can also emerge some discrepancies when assessing both scientific and non-scientific explanations regarding the same issue, leading to more than one possible answer, in which particular cases further approaches or perspectives regarding the question will arise.
The aim of this essay is to provide a clear differentiation between science and non-science, also mentioning the concept of pseudoscience. There will also be questioned the validity of non-science explanations and their influence when clashing with other scientific explanations responding to same or similar issues in the world. In order to illustrate these main differences we will use general accepted definitions of the terms science, non-science, pseudoscience, providing particular examples in each …show more content…
Pooper was the first person to suggest the concept of pseudoscience and argued Marxism and Freudian psychology as main examples falling into this concept. This due to the fact that both presented themselves as true science but lacked from proper scientific foundation. Marxism and Freudian psychology also failed to be part of true science due to their inability to be falsified fitting to everyone differing from true science which should be falsifiable and open to possible arguments in order to constantly improve and develop better answers. (Lecture 9, page 10).
Another example of pseudoscience can be found in business, when decisions are made based on opinions using data in order to help us make better decisions accepting current theories. Instead of explore in detail these theories before applying it, creating a difference between fact claimed by science and opinion obtained by