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From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium
Parent topics
- philosophy of science [r]: Philosophical study of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science. [e]
- scientific method [r]: Systematic inquiry based on hypotheses and their testing in light of empirical evidence. [e]
- skepticism [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
- Afrocentrism [r]: Add brief definition or description
- alchemy [r]: Add brief definition or description
- astrology [r]: Any belief that correlates the patterns and positions of celestial bodies to human personalities, human affairs, or terrestrial events. [e]
- backmasking [r]: Add brief definition or description
- creationism [r]: is the belief that the world and the universe was created by God. [e]
- crystal healing [r]: Add brief definition or description
- extra-sensory perception [r]: Add brief definition or description
- hollow Earth theory [r]: Add brief definition or description
- graphology [r]: Add brief definition or description
- homeopathy [r]: Alternative medicine that uses extremely small specially prepared doses of the drugs that cause the similar syndrome of symptoms as the person's illness. [e]
- intelligent design [r]: Claim that fundamental features of the universe and living things are best explained by purposeful causation. [e]
- iridology [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Trofim Lysenko [r]: Add brief definition or description
- polygraph [r]: Add brief definition or description
- therapeutic touch [r]: Add brief definition or description
Other related topics
- alternative medicine [r]: Set of therapies and treatments not considered mainstream or scientific. [e]
- cold reading [r]: Add brief definition or description
- confirmation bias [r]: Process of looking only for things which confirm your bias rather than disconfirm them; basis for many instances of pseudoscience. [e]
- conspiracy theory [r]: Add brief definition or description
- demarcation problem [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Richard Feynman [r]: (May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) An American physicist known for his scientific acumen, humor, and charismatic charm. [e]
- Forer effect [r]: Add brief definition or description
- New Age [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Occam's razor [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Karl Popper [r]: (July 28 1902 – September 17 1994), One of the most influential philosophers of science of the 20th century. [e]
- protoscience [r]: A field of study that appears to conform to the initial phase of the scientific method, but involves speculation. [e]
- self-deception [r]: Add brief definition or description
- wishful thinking [r]: Add brief definition or description
