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What Is Science? Criteria for Distinguishing Science from Pseudoscience | Kaveh Behbahani
What makes a claim scientific, and how can we distinguish science from pseudoscience? In this conversation, Kaveh Behbahani discusses the criteria for demarcating science and pseudoscience and the methods for evaluating scientific claims.
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The distinction between science and pseudoscience is one of the key issues in the philosophy of science and critical thinking. Many claims may appear scientific, but possessing specialized language or citing a few scientific facts is not sufficient on its own for a theory to be considered scientific.
In the second episode of the "What Is Science?" series, Alireza Emtiaz speaks with Kaveh Behbahani about the criteria for distinguishing science from pseudoscience. In this discussion, the question is what characteristics place a method, theory, or claim within the realm of science, and by what criteria can scientific claims be separated from pseudoscientific ones.
This subject is highly important for evaluating the information and claims we encounter in daily life, the media, and the public sphere. Familiarity with scientific criteria and the ability to recognize pseudoscience can contribute to the formation of critical thinking and more precise judgment regarding claims about the world and humanity.
