User:Andrewaskew/Table outlining the degrees between science and non-science
Definition[edit]
A definition of protoscience [1] (and fringe science) can be understood from the following table: [2]
| Systematized as scientific definition | ||||
| Treated with scientific method | ||||
| Presented as science or looks like science | ||||
| Superstition | Pseudoscience | Fringe science | Protoscience | （Mainstream）Science |
References[edit]
- ^ Reflections on the reception of unconventional claims in science, newsletter Center for Frontier Sciences, Temple University (1990).
- ^ Thomas Kuhn: Reflections on my critics. In: Imre Lakatos and A. Musgrave : Criticism and the growth of knowledge. Cambridge University Press, London (1974), pp. 231–278.