{"product_id":"scientific-thinking-9781551111308","title":"Scientific Thinking","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eScientific Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e is a practical guide to inductive reasoning – the sort of reasoning that is commonly used in scientific activity, whether such activity is performed by a scientist, a reporter, a political pollster, or any one of us in day-to-day life. The book provides comprehensive coverage of such topics as confirmation, sampling, correlations, causality, hypotheses, and experimental methods. Martin’s writing confounds those who would think that such topics must be dry-as-dust, presenting ideas in a lively and engaging tone and incorporating amusing examples throughout. This book underlines the importance of acquiring good habits of scientific thinking, and helps to instill those habits in the reader. Stimulating questions and exercises are included in each chapter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Robert Martin’s book is an excellent introduction to scientific thinking, and in that respect, to the philosophy of science … [it] renders a number of complex and difficult topics very accessible.” — Rich Hughen, \u003cem\u003eTeaching Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eScientific Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e is admirably clear and linear. It takes the student from the elementary position of undirected observation through problems in sampling to issues in explanation, causation and classification. The book’s informal language helps to make it easy to understand such things as the need for and practical difficulties involved with random sampling. … Scientific and historical examples are presented in an especially illuminating way.” — Carl Matheson, University of Manitoba\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 0: Not Your Usual Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Induction, Proportions, Correlations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: Galileo and Mrs. Smith\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Induction, Deduction, Confirmation\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Sampling\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Samples\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: Imprecision and Confidence Level\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: Statistical Relations\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Correlations Described\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: Correlations Calculated\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: Explanations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter 9: Explanations Explained\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: Problems with D-N Model\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11: Hypotheses and Explanations\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12: Two Strategies for Hypothesizing\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13: Disconfirming Hypotheses\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14: Empiricism Revisited\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15: Categories\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16: Kinds and Laws\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: Cause\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eChapter 17: Seeing Causes\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18: Causal Relations\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19: Causal Complications\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20: Experimental Confirmation\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21: Experimental Procedures\u003cbr\u003eChapter 22: Non-Experimental Methods\u003cbr\u003eChapter 23: The Truth\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041302413655,"sku":"9781551111308","price":38.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781551111308.jpg?v=1750949726","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/scientific-thinking-9781551111308","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}