Marcello Truzzi

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marcello Truzzi (born September 6, 1935 in Copenhagen , † February 2, 2003 in Ann Arbor , Michigan ) was an American sociologist and lecturer in sociology at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti . He dealt scientifically with the paranormal and borderline scientific topics, with protosciences as well as with the demarcation problem of science and so-called pseudoscience . He is considered a pioneer of modern anomalics .

Truzzi was one of the founders of the American skeptics association CSICOP in 1976 , but after violent controversy during the 1980s - especially in connection with the so-called 'Mars effect controversy' (approx. 1980-1985) around the evaluation of the astrobiological Data from Michel Gauquelin and the disputes about the 'Project Alpha' (approx. 1983–1987) staged by James Randi - again from the organization. He created and popularized the term "pseudoskepticism" to denote an ideology of the 'skeptic movement' that he claimed.

As early as 1978, Truzzi was the editor of the journal "Zetetic Scholar - An Independent Scientific Review of Claims of Anomalies and the Paranormal", in an effort to " initiate an ongoing dialogue between proponents and critics of claims of the paranormal " and " to help the scientific community " to arrive at rational judgments based on empirical facts about such claims . "

The terms 'zetetic' and ' zetetic ' or 'zeteticism' (English: "zetetic" and "zeteticism") he consciously built as an alternative to the terms 'skeptic' and 'skepticism' (English: "skeptic" and " skepticism "), since he viewed the latter terms as discredited due to his ideological differences with the skeptic movement. By a zetetic, he understood a "skeptical seeker". The term is based on the naming of the followers of the ancient Greek skeptic Pyrrhon von Elis .

Works

  • Truzzi, Marcello: Sociology and Everyday Life , Prentice-Hall, 1968
  • Truzzi, Marcello: Caldron cookery: An authentic guide for coven connoisseurs , Meredith Press, 1969
  • Truzzi, Marcello: Sociology: the classic statements , Random House, 1971
  • Peterson, David M. & Truzzi, Marcello: Criminal Life: Views from the Inside , Prentice-Hall, 1972
  • Stoll, Clarice Stasz & Truzzi, Marcello: Sexism: scientific debates , Addison-Wesley, 1973
  • Truzzi, Marcello & Springer, Philip B .: Revolutionaries on Revolution - Participants' Perspectives on the Strategies of Seizing Power , Goodyear Publishing Co., 1973
  • Truzzi, Marcello: The humanities as sociology - An introductory reader , Merrill, 1973
  • Truzzi, Marcello (Ed.): Chess in Literature - A Rich and Varied Selection of the Great Literature of Chess-Poetry and Prose from the Past and Present , Avon, 1974 ISBN 0-380-00164-0 .
  • Truzzi, Marcello: Understanding - Subjective Understanding in the Social Sciences , Addison-Wesley, 1974
  • Truzzi, Marcello: Sociology for Pleasure Prentice-Hall, 1974
  • Jorgensen, Joseph G & Truzzi, Marcello: Anthropology and American Life , Prentice-Hall, 1974
  • Truzzi, Marcello & Springer, Philip B .: Solving social problems: Essays in relevant sociology. Goodyear Publishing Co., 1976
  • Truzzi, Marcello: "Sherlock Holmes, Applied Social Psychologist", in Umberto Eco & Thomas Sebeok, The Sign of Three: Dupin, Holmes, Peirce, Bloomington , IN: History Workshop , Indiana University Press, 1984, pp. 55-80, ISBN 978-0-253-35235-4 .
  • Lyons, Arthur & Truzzi, Marcello: Satan Wants You - The Cult of Devil Worship in America , The Mysterious Press, 1988
  • Lyons, Arthur & Truzzi, Marcello: The Blue Sense: Psychic Detectives and Crime , The Mysterious Press, 1991, ISBN 0-89296-426-X .
  • Clark, Jerome & Truzzi, Marcello: UFO Encounters: Sightings, visitations and Investigations , Publications International Ltd., 1992

Web links

  • Gerd H. Hövelmann: Obituary (PDF file; 1.55 MB) to Marcello Truzzi (accessed on July 30, 2013)
  • Marcello Truzzi, About Pseudo-Skepticism , from: "Forum Perspektiven" (issue 4/1999, pp. 11–12), newsletter of the Society for Anomalies (accessed on July 30, 2013)
  • George P. Hansen's Marcello Truzzi Home Page with, among other things, bibliographies of his work and digital copies of the Zetetic Scholar magazine published by Truzzi

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ George P. Hansen (Webmaster), Marcello Truzzi (1935-2003) (accessed: Jan. 17, 2014)
  2. ↑ Gerd H. Hövelmann, " Devianz and Anomalistik: Probation Tests der Wissenschaft - Prof. Dr. Marcello Truzzi (1935-2003) ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ", In: Zeitschrift für Anomalistik, Volume 5 (2005), pp. 5–30 (online as PDF file; accessed: Jan. 17, 2014) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.anomalistik.de
  3. ↑ Marcello Truzzi, Some reflections on the CSICOP / Mars Effect controversy: a personal view , in: Zetetic Scholar , No. 9, 3-5
  4. ↑ Marcello Truzzi, Reflections on 'Project Alpha': Scientific experiment or conjuror's illusion? , in: Zetetic Scholar , 12/13, 73-98
  5. ^ Douglas Martin: Marcello Truzzi, 67; Sociologist Who Studied the Supernatural . In: New York Times . February 9, 2003
  6. ↑ Zetetic Scholar (Highlights, Tables of Contents, Some Downloads) (accessed: January 16, 2014)
  7. ↑ Zetetic Scholar, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1978 (Editorial, p. 2)
  8. ↑ The Skeptic's Dictionary - In memoriam , under "Marcello Truzzi (1935-2003)" (accessed: Jan. 17, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Truzzi, Marcello
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 2003
Place of death Ann Arbor , Michigan