Talk by Michael Gordin: "The Problem with Pseudoscience"
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On November 18, a seminar of IGITI Center for the History of Ideas and Sociology of Knowledge will be held. Michael Gordin, Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History and Director of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts at Princeton University, will present a talk "The Problem with Pseudoscience".
AbstractThis presentation explores the unresolved “demarcation problem” — that is, how to determine the boundary between “science” and pseudoscience” — from a historical perspective. After offering a taxonomy of the different categories of doctrines that have been tagged with the label over several centuries, the talk will focus on two specific instances in which the demarcation problem has become intertwined with debates over the professionalization of science, with divergent results: the rise and fall in popularity of the cosmic catastrophism of Immanuel Velikovsky; and contemporary controversies over “denialism,” often associated with antiregulatory policy positions.
The event will take place at 18:00 at St.Basmannaya, 21/4, room A-512.
If you need a pass to HSE building, please contact Andrei Ilyin: Andrew.a.ilyin@gmail.com.
Date
November 18, 2019 18:00
Address
Ст. Басманная ул., 21/4, ауд. А-512