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{{Catmain|Fringe theory}}
A '''fringe theory''' is an idea or a collection of ideas that departs significantly from the prevailing or [[mainstream]] view. It can include work done to the appropriate level of scholarship in a field of study but only supported by a minority of practitioners, to more dubious work. Examples of the latter include [[pseudoscience]] (ideas that purport to be scientific theories but have little or no scientific support), [[conspiracy theories]], unproven claims about [[alternative medicine]], [[pseudohistory]] and so forth.
:''For the Wikipedia guideline on fringe theories, see [[Wikipedia:Fringe theories]].''
[[Category:Epistemology]]
[[Category:Theories]]
A '''fringe theory''' is an idea or a collection of ideas that departs significantly from the prevailing or [[mainstream]] view. It can include work done to the appropriate level of scholarship in a field of study but only supported by a minority of practitioners, to more dubious work. Examples of the latter include [[pseudoscience]] (ideas that purport to be scientific theories but have little or no scientific support), [[conspiracy theories]], unproven claims about [[alternative medicine]], [[pseudohistory]] and so forth.
:''For the Wikipedia guideline on fringe theories, see [[Wikipedia:Fringe theories]].''
[[Category:Epistemology]]
[[Category:Theories]]