A miniature guide for students and faculty to scientific thinking /
Scientific thinking.
by Richard Paul and Linda Elder.
- Dillon Beach, CA : Foundation for Critical Thinking, c2003.
- 48 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Miniature guide series. .
Title from cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
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 scientific articles -- 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, and Einstein) -- Logic of science -- Logic of scientific disciplines -- Problem of unscientific thinking -- Pseudo-science : why astrology is not a science -- Critical approach to scientific thinking -- Ethics and science.