Screen LibraryExploring the scientific method：cases and questions
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The University of Chicago Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago London |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xvii, 406 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780226294810 (alk. paper) 0226294811 (alk. paper) 9780226294834 (pbk.) 0226294838 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | N03 |
| CLC: | N03 |
| Call Number: | N03/E967 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-390) and index. Syntactic view of theories -- Deductivism -- Inductivism -- Hypothetico-deductivism -- Paradoxes of evidence -- Falsificationism -- Holistic view of theories -- Semantic view of theories -- Critical view of scientific theories -- Deductivism case study readings -- Inductivism case study readings. "From their grade school classrooms forward, students of science are encouraged to memorize and adhere to the "scientific method" -- a model of inquiry consisting of five to seven neatly laid-out steps. |