{"product_id":"9780889201002-science-pseudo-science-socie","title":"Science, Pseudo-Science and Society","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCollects the papers presented at a conference on “Science, Pseudo-Science and Society,” sponsored by the Calgary Institute for the Humanities and held at the University of Calgary, May 10-12, 1979. More than many such collections, this one preserves some trace of the intellectual excitement which surrounded this gathering of scholars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e This volume collects the papers presented at a conference on \"\"Science, Pseudo-science and Society,\"\" sponsored by the Calgary Institute for the Humanities and held at the University of Calgary, May 10-12, 1979. More than many such collections, this one preserves some trace of the intellectual excitement which surrounded this gathering of scholars. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e A primary inspiration for the symposium on \"\"Science, Pseudoscience, and Society\"\" was a growing awareness of the crucial role the study of pseudo-science plays in the areas of contemporary scholarship which are concerned with the nature of science and its relationship to broader social issues. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This volume is organized around three major questions concerning the relationships among science, pseudo-science, and society. The papers in the first section address the question of whether it is possible to draw a sharp demarcation between science and pseudo-science and what the criteria of that demarcation might be. The papers in the second section, recognizing the historical importance of various of the pseudo-sciences, consider their impact - positive or negative - on the development of the sciences themselves. The papers in the third section deal with the question of the relationship between the sciences and pseudo-sciences, on the one hand, and social factors on the other. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56471237886326,"sku":"9780889201002","price":27.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_38150834_6a96c621-ef75-4e58-bf02-88f84d659dfd.jpg?v=1763753039","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780889201002-science-pseudo-science-socie","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}