A dispensation is special permission to do something that is normally not allowed. A special dispensation may by obtained from the domestic union concerned. They were promised dispensation from military service. [+ from] The committee was not prepared to use its discretion and grant special dispensation.
Pseudoscience is often characterized by the use of vague, contradictory, exaggerated or unprovable claims, an over-reliance on confirmation rather than rigorous attempts at refutation, a lack of openness to evaluation by other experts, and a general absence of systematic processes to rationally develop theories.he history of pseudoscience is the study of pseudoscientific theories over time. A pseudoscience is a set of ideas that presents itself as science, while it does not meet the criteria to properly be called such.
The demarcation between science and pseudoscience is part of the larger task to determine which beliefs are epistemically warranted. The entry clarifies the specific nature of pseudoscience in relation to other forms of non-scientific doctrines and practices..4 A wider sense of pseudoscience. Sometimes the term âpseudoscienceâ is used in a wider sense than that which is captured in the definition constituted of (1) and (2â²). Contrary to (2â²), doctrines that conflict with science are sometimes called âpseudoscientificâ in spite of not being advanced as scientific.