Understanding Scientific Reasoning

Understanding Scientific Reasoning
ISBN-10
015506326X
ISBN-13
9780155063266
Category
Philosophy (General)
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
Thomson/Wadsworth
Authors
Ronald N. Giere, John Bickle, Robert F. Mauldin

Description

UNDERSTANDING SCIENTIFIC REASONING develops critical reasoning skills and guides students in the improvement of their scientific and technological literacy. The authors teach students how to understand and critically evaluate the scientific information they encounter in both textbooks and the popular media. With its focus on scientific pedagogy, UNDERSTANDING SCIENTIFIC REASONING helps students learn how to examine scientific reports with a reasonable degree of sophistication. The book also explains how to reason through case studies using the same informal logic skills employed by scientists and to analyze a complex series of propositions and hypotheses using sound scientific reasoning.

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