{"id":30437,"date":"2010-11-06T19:35:29","date_gmt":"2010-11-06T19:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/new-point-of-inquiry-massimo-pigliucci-nonsense-on-stilts-the-intersection\/"},"modified":"2010-11-06T19:35:29","modified_gmt":"2010-11-06T19:35:29","slug":"new-point-of-inquiry-massimo-pigliucci-nonsense-on-stilts-the-intersection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/new-point-of-inquiry-massimo-pigliucci-nonsense-on-stilts-the-intersection.php","title":{"rendered":"New Point of Inquiry: Massimo Pigliucci, Nonsense on Stilts | The Intersection"},"content":{"rendered":"

The guest this week on Point of Inquiry<\/a> is blogger, podcaster, and philosopher-skeptic Massimo Pigliucci of “rationally speaking<\/a>” and CUNY. Here’s the show description:<\/p>

\"Nonsense<\/a>It’s a longstanding debate in the philosophy of science: Is “demarcation” possible? Can we really draw firm lines between science and pseudoscience?<\/p>

Massimo Pigliucci thinks so. In his new book Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk<\/a><\/em>, Pigliucci attempts to rescue the notion that there are claims we can rule out, and claims we can rule in—a real means of determining what’s science and what isn’t.<\/p>

Along the way, Pigliucci touches on howlers like creationism and astrology, and borderland areas of research like SETI—and weighs whether science can ever hope to test claims about the supernatural.<\/p>

Massimo Pigliucci is chair of the philosophy department at CUNY-Lehman College. He was formerly a professor of ecology and evolution at Stony Brook. He’s a prolific blogger and commentator on issues concerning science and skepticism and a prominent battler of creationists and other nonsense peddlers.<\/p><\/blockquote>

Once again, you can listen to the show here<\/a>, and you can order Pigliucci’s book Nonsense on Stilts<\/em> here<\/a>.<\/p>

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