The Thinker&#039;s Guide to Scientific Thinking: Based on Critical Thinking Concepts and Principles

Richard Paul; Linda Elder

doi:10.5771/9781538133842

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Copyright year: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-0-9857544-2-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-3384-2
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 1
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
Why Scientific Thinking? No access Pages 4 - 4
The Elements of Scientific Thought No access Pages 5 - 5
Questions Using the Elements of Scientific Thought No access Pages 6 - 6
A Checklist for Scientific Reasoning No access Pages 7 - 8
Scientific Thinking Seeks to Quantify, Explain, and Predict Relationships in Nature No access Pages 9 - 10
Universal Intellectual Standards Essential to Sound Scientific Thinking No access Pages 11 - 12
Intellectual Standards in Scientific Thinking No access Pages 13 - 13
The Figuring Mind Thinking Scientifically No access Pages 14 - 14
How to Analyze the Logic of a Scientific Article, Essay, or Chapter No access Pages 15 - 16
Analyzing the Logic of a Science Textbook No access Pages 17 - 17
Experimental Thinking Requires Experimental Controls No access Pages 18 - 18
The Logic of an Experiment No access Pages 19 - 19
Post Experiment Analysis No access Pages 20 - 20
How to Evaluate an Author’s or Experimenter’s Scientific Reasoning No access Pages 21 - 21
Two Kinds of Scientific Questions No access Pages 22 - 22
Asking One-System and Conflicting-System Questions No access Pages 23 - 24
Scientific Reasoning Abilities No access Pages 25 - 25
Analyzing & Assessing Scientific Research No access Pages 26 - 27
Purpose No access Pages 28 - 28
Questions at Issue or Central Problem No access Pages 29 - 29
Information No access Pages 30 - 30
Inference and Interpretation No access Pages 31 - 31
Assumptions No access Pages 32 - 32
Concepts and Ideas No access Pages 33 - 33
Point of View No access Pages 34 - 34
Implications and Consequences No access Pages 35 - 35
Intellectual Dispositions Essential to Scientific Thinking No access Pages 36 - 37
Scientific Thinkers Routinely Apply the Intellectual Standards No access Pages 38 - 38
Development of the Scientific Mind No access Pages 39 - 39
Analyzing the Logic of a Subject No access Pages 40 - 40
The Logic of Scientific Reasoning No access Pages 41 - 41
The Questioning Mind in Science No access Pages 42 - 43
The Logic of Science No access Pages 44 - 44
The Logic of Physics No access Pages 45 - 45
The Logic of Chemistry No access Pages 46 - 46
The Logic of Geology No access Pages 47 - 47
The Logic of Astronomy No access Pages 48 - 48
The Logic of Biology No access Pages 49 - 49
The Logic of Zoology No access Pages 50 - 50
The Logic of Botany No access Pages 51 - 51
The Logic of Biochemistry No access Pages 52 - 52
The Logic of Paleontology No access Pages 53 - 53
The Logic of Animal Physiology No access Pages 54 - 54
The Logic of Archaeology No access Pages 55 - 55
The Logic of Ecology No access Pages 56 - 56
The Problem of Pseudo-Scientific and Unscientific Thinking No access Pages 57 - 57
A Pseudo-Science: Why Astrology Is Not a Science No access Pages 58 - 60
A Critical Approach to Scientific Thinking No access Pages 61 - 62
Ethics and Science No access Pages 63 - 1