Demarcation problem

In philosophy of science and epistemology, the demarcation problem is the question of how to distinguish between science and non-science.^[1] It also examines the boundaries between science, pseudoscience and other products of human activity, like art and literature and beliefs.^[2]^[3] The debate continues after more than two millennia of dialogue among philosophers of science and scientists in various fields.^[4]^[5] The debate has consequences for what can be termed "scientific" in topics such as education and public policy.^[6]^: 26, 35

^ Resnik, David B. (2000). "A pragmatic approach to the demarcation problem". Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 31 (2): 249–267. Bibcode:2000SHPSA..31..249R. doi:10.1016/S0039-3681(00)00004-2.
^ Laudan, Larry (1983), "The Demise of the Demarcation Problem", in Cohen, R.S.; Laudan, L. (eds.), Physics, Philosophy and Psychoanalysis: Essays in Honor of Adolf Grünbaum, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol. 76, Dordrecht: D. Reidel, pp. 111–127, ISBN 90-277-1533-5. Alternative source: [1]
^ Lakatos, I.; Feyerabend, P.; Motterlini, M. (1999). For and Against Method: Including Lakatos's Lectures on Scientific Method and the Lakatos-Feyerabend Correspondence. University of Chicago Press. p. 20. ISBN 9780226467740. LCCN 99013581. The demarcation problem may be formulated in the following terms: what distinguishes science from pseudoscience? This is an extreme way of putting it, since the more general problem, called the Generalized Demarcation Problem, is really the problem of the appraisal of scientific theories, and attempts to answer the question: when is one theory better than another?
^ Gauch, Hugh G. Jr. (2003). Scientific Method in Practice. pp. 3–7. ISBN 978-0-521-81689-2.
^ Cover, J. A.; Curd, Martin, eds. (1998). Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues. W.W. Norton. pp. 1–82. ISBN 978-0-393-97175-0.
^ Cite error: The named reference PigliucciBoudry was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] Resnik, David B. (2000). "A pragmatic approach to the demarcation problem". Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 31 (2): 249–267. Bibcode:2000SHPSA..31..249R. doi:10.1016/S0039-3681(00)00004-2.

[Laudan1983-2] Laudan, Larry (1983), "The Demise of the Demarcation Problem", in Cohen, R.S.; Laudan, L. (eds.), Physics, Philosophy and Psychoanalysis: Essays in Honor of Adolf Grünbaum, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol. 76, Dordrecht: D. Reidel, pp. 111–127, ISBN 90-277-1533-5. Alternative source: [1]

[Lakatos1999-3] Lakatos, I.; Feyerabend, P.; Motterlini, M. (1999). For and Against Method: Including Lakatos's Lectures on Scientific Method and the Lakatos-Feyerabend Correspondence. University of Chicago Press. p. 20. ISBN 9780226467740. LCCN 99013581. The demarcation problem may be formulated in the following terms: what distinguishes science from pseudoscience? This is an extreme way of putting it, since the more general problem, called the Generalized Demarcation Problem, is really the problem of the appraisal of scientific theories, and attempts to answer the question: when is one theory better than another?

[4] Gauch, Hugh G. Jr. (2003). Scientific Method in Practice. pp. 3–7. ISBN 978-0-521-81689-2.

[5] Cover, J. A.; Curd, Martin, eds. (1998). Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues. W.W. Norton. pp. 1–82. ISBN 978-0-393-97175-0.

[PigliucciBoudry-6] Cite error: The named reference PigliucciBoudry was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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