Dismantling the rhetoric of alternative medicine: Smokescreens, errors, conspiracies, and follies
Alternative medicine has a high social prevalence, being promoted by well organized groups that have developed an intricate rhetoric in order to self-justify in the absence of evidence. This article will analyse some of these arguments, some of their fallacies – ad populum, ad ignorantiam –, other s...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Catalan |
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Universitat de València
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Mètode Science Studies Journal: Annual Review |
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| Online Access: | https://turia.uv.es/index.php/Metode/article/view/10004 |
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| Summary: | Alternative medicine has a high social prevalence, being promoted by well organized groups that have developed an intricate rhetoric in order to self-justify in the absence of evidence. This article will analyse some of these arguments, some of their fallacies – ad populum, ad ignorantiam –, other styles of reasoning – conspiracy theories – and other misconceptions of scientific concepts – placebo effect, scientific authority. The objective will be to highlight the poverty of the rhetoric of proponents of alternative medicine, with special emphasis on the dangers for the consumer.
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| ISSN: | 2174-3487 2174-9221 |