Definitions
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- noun That which is not
science , or a specific non-scientificfield - noun A
body ,set , orsystem ofinformation ,methods ,beliefs , andhypotheses (such asastrology orchiromancy ) that does not use thescientific method as abasis forobservation , ordevelopment of atheory .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In asserting that the problem of demarcation between science and nonscience is a pseudo-problem (at least as far as philosophy is concerned), I am manifestly not denying that there are crucial epistemic and methodological questions to be raised about knowledge claims, whether we classify them as scientific or not.p. 221. and
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Over the years, I've liked to point to the continuum that ranges from science through nonscience to nonsense.
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: USA Today: Decrying Scientific Ignorance While Endorsing Creationism? Ph.D. Michael Zimmerman 2010
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Over the years, I've liked to point to the continuum that ranges from science through nonscience to nonsense.
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: USA Today: Decrying Scientific Ignorance While Endorsing Creationism? Ph.D. Michael Zimmerman 2010
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Over the years, I've liked to point to the continuum that ranges from science through nonscience to nonsense.
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: USA Today: Decrying Scientific Ignorance While Endorsing Creationism? Ph.D. Michael Zimmerman 2010
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Over the years, I've liked to point to the continuum that ranges from science through nonscience to nonsense.
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: USA Today: Decrying Scientific Ignorance While Endorsing Creationism? Ph.D. Michael Zimmerman 2010
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Over the years, I've liked to point to the continuum that ranges from science through nonscience to nonsense.
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: USA Today: Decrying Scientific Ignorance While Endorsing Creationism? Ph.D. Michael Zimmerman 2010
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A number of titles sound interesting and readable even to a nonscience person.
Outstanding Books for the College Bound ____Maggie 2009
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While many more women than men cite family issues as the reason for leaving engineering, the gender gap is as large in nonscience and engineering fields.
Why Do Women Leave Science And Engineering? Ph.D. Jennifer Hunt 2010
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While many more women than men cite family issues as the reason for leaving engineering, the gender gap is as large in nonscience and engineering fields.
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They are unable to distinguish between science and pseudoscience or, as I like to say, among science, nonscience, and nonsense.
Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: Religion and Science: Respecting the Differences 2010
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