Pseudo-scholarship (The Matrix Dictionary)
Pseudo-scholarship is a work (e.g., publication, lecture) or body of work that is presented as, but is not, the product of rigorous and objective study or research; the act of producing such work; or the pretended learning upon which it is based.
It is clear that New Age and its obsession with science, and lack of scientific knowledge or education, is filled with pseudo-scholarship. Examples of pseudo-scholarship include: Pseudoarchaeology Pseudohistory Pseudolinguistics Pseudomathematics Pseudophilosophy Pseudoscience Related articles: Six Common Traits of New Age that Distorts Spirituality The Pseudoscience of New Age and Reductionism The Pseudoscience of Reductionism and the Problem of Mind The Sokal Hoax Predator Open Access Publishing Diploma Mills Related: The Matrix Dictionary |
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