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This chapter discusses Popper’s concept of falsifiability as a criterion for distinguishing science from pseudoscience. It then looks at Popper’s examples of pseudosciences, including Marxism, Freudianism, and Darwinism, finding that they all harbour falsifiable and unfalsifiable elements. Finally, it assesses the challenge that Quinean epistemological holism poses to falsificationism and thus to the possibility of demarcation.

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Popperian Demarcation

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    2026年

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  • Simon Skempton

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This chapter discusses Popper’s concept of falsifiability as a criterion for distinguishing science from pseudoscience. It then looks at Popper’s examples of pseudosciences, including Marxism, Freudianism, and Darwinism, finding that they all harbour falsifiable and unfalsifiable elements. Finally, it assesses the challenge that Quinean epistemological holism poses to falsificationism and thus to the possibility of demarcation.