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PSEUDOSCIENCE AND ATLANTIS

An excellent discussion of pseudoscience by the philosopher Stephen Law of the University of London, which is very pertinent to many approaches to Plato's Atlantis story: "'But it Fits!', Piling Up The Anecdotes, and 'Explain THAT!' are not truth-conducive in the way that genuinely rational approaches to justifying beliefs are."

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Friday, March 16, 2018
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