Science denial as a form of pseudoscience

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 63, Issue , 2017, Pages 39-47

  Hansson, Sven Ove ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate science denialism; Creationism; Pseudoscience; Relativity theory denial; Science denialism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIVILIZATION; CLIMATE; HUMAN; MALE; POLITICS; PSEUDOSCIENCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WING;

EID: 85020005985     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2017.05.002     Document Type: Article

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