Volume 4, Issue 4: From method to attitude: science and pseudoscience
From method to attitude: science and pseudoscience Lee McIntyre: The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience . MIT Press, 2019. pp. 296. Hardcover ISBN 9780262039833 If something aspires for general interest and practical usage nowadays, the question of science, pseudoscience, and their relations are surely in frontline. When Lee McIntyre published his book (that was followed already by others, one of which will be reviewed here shortly) about The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience , he could not think how its (even existential) relevance will grow day by day within a year. The global pandemic gave birth to new forms of science-denial, conspiracy theories, fraud, negligence, and mimicry of science – all of them presented new challenges, and old problems in new settings. Demarcating science from pseudoscience was one of the major and enduring is sues of philosophy of science in the twen