PHIL 24. Science and Pseudoscience (4 units)
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Description
The differences among good science, bad science, and pseudoscience. Topics include the philosophical and practical demarcation problems; science and values; probabilistic fallacies, cognitive biases, and perceptual illusions; causation versus correlation, the placebo effect; why and when science is trustworthy; and case studies ranging from ESP to homeopathy to climate change denialism.
Prerequisite courses
PHIL 24 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have PHIL 24 as a prerequisite.