ABSTRACT In this article, I seek to improve upon a definition of pseudoscience put forward by Sven Ove Hansson. I argue that not only does its use of ‘pseudoscientific statement’ as definiendum inadequately address the theoretical issue of demarcation, it also makes the definition inapt for practical demarcation. Moreover, I argue that Hanson’s definition subsumes statements and associated practices that are forms of bad science, resulting in an unfavourably wide concept. I try to save the definition from the brunt of this critique by arguing that some pseudoscientific statements are particularly significant when demarcating a discipline as a pseudoscience.

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高尔丁分界线的结：绑一些松散的结局

摘要在本文中，我试图改进Sven Ove Hansson提出的伪科学定义。我认为，将“伪科学陈述”用作定界词不仅不足以解决定界的理论问题，而且还使该定义不适合进行实际定界。此外，我认为汉森的定义包含了不良科学形式的陈述和相关实践，从而导致了概念的广泛泛滥。我试图通过将某些伪科学的陈述在划定为一门伪科学的学科时显得尤为重要，以免使这一批评首屈一指。