Episode 55: Pseudoscientia

In this episode, we discuss what separates science from pseudoscience and touch upon the demarcation problem, the recent controversial podcast called the Telepathy Tapes, and the movie Ghostbusters. Enjoy. 

 

Shownotes

• McLean v. Arkansas 
• Pigliucci, M., & Boudry, M. (Eds.). (2019). Philosophy of pseudoscience: Reconsidering the demarcation problem. University of Chicago Press.
• Report of the Royal Commission to Investigate Animal Magnetism
• The Telepathy Tapes
• Frankfurt, H. G. (2009). On bullshit.
• Moberger, V. (2020). Bullshit, pseudoscience and pseudophilosophy. Theoria, 86(5), 595–611.
• Ghostbusters (1984) - Venkman's ESP Test Scene
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