Knowledge and counterknowledge
I’ve just finished reading an excellent book called “Counterknowledge” [my review here]. The term is defined by the author Damian Thompson as follows “The essence of counterknowledge is that it purports to be knowledge but is not knowledge.”
Thompson’s targets include Creationism, pseudohistory and complementary medicine.
I identify completely with his trenchant analysis which is reflected in my own essay on “The Reason For Truth”.