Agassi, Joseph (Author)
Science and Education
Volume: 21, no. 10
Issue: 10
Pages: 1405-1418
Edition Details: Part of a special issue, “Mario Bunge: Evaluations of His Systematic Philosophy”
Language: English
Mario Bunge has repeatedly discussed contributions to philosophy and to science that are worthless at best and dangerous at worst, especially cases of pseudo-science. He clearly gives his reason in his latest essay on this matter: The fact that science can be faked to the point of deceiving science lovers suggests the need for a rigorous sifting device. Moreover, this sifting has its rewards, as sometimes intellectual gold comes mixed with muck. Furthermore, the sifting device is a demarcation of science, which answers interesting questions: what is valuable in science and what makes it tick? The question is under dispute. So before coming to it we should admit a few preliminary ideas that are more difficult to contest than ideas that purport to demarcate science.
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