Criticism of science

thumb|The Leader of the Luddites, 1812. Hand-coloured etching The Luddites were members of a 19th-century movement of English textile workers who opposed the use of certain types of automated machinery due to concerns relating to worker pay and output quality. They often destroyed the machines in organised raids. Members of the group referred to themselves as Luddites, self-described followers of "Ned Ludd", a legendary weaver whose name was used as a pseudonym in threatening letters to mill owners and government officials.

Austrian-born philosopher of science

Scientism is the belief that science and the scientific method are the best or only way to render truth about the world and reality.

Anarcho-primitivism is an anarchist critique of civilization and a branch of green anarchism that advocates a return to non-civilized ways of life through deindustrialization, abolition of the division of labor or specialization, abandonment of large-scale organization and all technology other than prehistoric technology, and the dissolution of agriculture. Anarcho-primitivists critique the origins and alleged progress of the Industrial Revolution and industrial society. Most anarcho-primitivists advocate for a tribal-like way of life while some see an even simpler lifestyle as beneficial. Acc

questioning the possibility of certainty, or of judgement, due to inadequate evidence

Antiscience is a set of attitudes and a form of anti-intellectualism that involves a rejection of science and the scientific method. People holding antiscientific views do not accept science as an objective method that can generate universal knowledge. Antiscience commonly manifests through rejection of scientific ideas such as climate change and evolution and the effectiveness of vaccination. It also includes pseudoscience, methods that claim to be scientific but reject the scientific method. Antiscience can lead to belief in false conspiracy theories and alternative medicine. Lack of trust i

ongoing methodological crisis in science stemming from failure to replicate many studies

alternative view on scientific theme

Austrian philosopher and inventor (1885–1958)

1975 book by Paul Feyerabend

academic dispute in American philosophy of science which took place in the 1990s

term used by scientists and historians of science to describe a series of changes in science which occurred in industrial nations during and after World War II

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overview about the criticism of the theory of relativity

overview about the criticism of technology

book by Peter Tompkins

tendency of a scientific study to support the interests of its funder

critical observation of science

book by William Broad