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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscience

Pseudoscience consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that claim to be both scientific and factual but are incompatible with the scientific method.




Yes


Yes, to what question/proposition?


I agree, that's the definition


Do archeology & history claim to be scientific?


I think so yes


What if say only 5% of people within each discipline do so, what is the epistemic value then of the claim "Archeology & history claim to be scientific"?


I don't know what you mean, sorry


Ok, as a thought experiment, let's say there are only 100 archaeologists in the world, and you do a survey:

"Is archaeology a science?"

95 say no, 5 say yes.

Is "Archaeologists claim archaeology is a science" a true statement?


I have no idea how this relates to the conversation


This is highly relevant to my interests, thank you for disclosing that.




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