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A miniature guide for students and faculty to scientific thinking
Paul, Richard.
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Foundation for Critical Thinking, |
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c2003. |
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48 p. ; |
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0944583180 |
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Copy info: |
1 copy available in
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1 copy total in all locations.
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BF441 .P385 2003
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Book
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Main Library - Circulating Collection - 1st Fl.
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ISBN:
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0944583180
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ISBN:
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9780944583180
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LC call number:
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BF441 .P385 2003
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Personal author:
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Paul, Richard.
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Title:
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A miniature guide for students and faculty to scientific thinking / by Richard Paul and Linda Elder.
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Publication info:
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Dillon Beach, CA : Foundation for Critical Thinking, c2003.
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Physical description:
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48 p. ; 21 cm.
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Contents:
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Why scientific thinking -- Elements of scientific thought -- Checklist for scientific reasoning -- Questions using the elements of scientific thought -- Scientific thinking seeks to quantify, explain, and predict relationships in nature -- Scientific thinking requires precision -- Experimental thinking requires experimental controls -- Universal intellectual standards in scientific thinking -- Analyzing the logic of science textbooks -- Two kinds of scientific questions -- Analyzing the logic of an experiment -- Criteria for evaluating scientific reasoning -- Scientific reasoning abilities -- Intellectual dispositions essential to scientific thinking -- What scientific thinkers routinely do -- Stages of scientific thinking development -- Questioning mind in science (Newton, Darwin,a and Einstein) -- Logic of science -- Logic of scientific disciplines: Logic of physics -- Logic of chemistry -- Logic of geology -- Logic of astronomy -- Logic of biology -- Logic of zoology -- Logic of botany -- Logic of biochemistry -- Logic of paleontology -- Logic of animal physiology -- Logic of archaeology -- Logic of ecology -- Problem of unscientific thinking -- Pseudo-science: Why astrology is not a science -- Critical approach to scientific thinking -- Ethics and science.
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Subject:
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Thought and thinking.
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Personal author:
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Elder, Linda, 1962-
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