Abstract

From a theoretical point of view, it is appropriate and necessary to distinguish science and (fantastical) pseudoscience for both practical and theoretical reasons. One specific nature of pseudoscience in relation to science and other categories of human reasoning is the resistance to facts. In this paper, several methods are analysed which may be of use to prevent that personal belief can be masqueraded genuinely as scientific knowledge. In particular, modus ponens, modus tollens and modus conversus are reanalysed. Modus sine, logically equivalent to modus ponens, is developed and modus inversus and modus juris are described in detail. In point of fact, in our striving for knowledge, there is still much more scientific work to be done on the demarcation line between science and pseudoscience.

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