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A meta‑field that studies the demarcation problem—what counts as science versus pseudoscience—using methods analogous to Sovietology or Kremlinology: inferring internal logics, power structures, and unspoken rules from observable institutional behaviors, funding patterns, publication practices, and boundary‑policing rhetoric. Demarcatiologists analyze how scientific communities construct, maintain, and weaponize the “science/pseudoscience” border, revealing that demarcation is not a timeless logical puzzle but a social and political activity. The field also explores why certain belief systems (e.g., parapsychology, spiritual healing) can function as valid or legitimate pseudosciences within their own frameworks, while some self‑proclaimed sciences (e.g., “One Million Dollar Challenge” stunts) are dismissed as invalid or illegitimate despite claiming scientific trappings. Demarcatiology refuses to simply police the line; it asks who draws it, why, and with what consequences.
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