{"product_id":"scientific-thinking-second-edition-paperback-1","title":"Scientific Thinking, Second Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert M. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eArchie Fields III\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScientific Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e is a lively and practical guide to scientific reasoning. It provides comprehensive coverage of such topics as inductive reasoning, confirmation, demarcation, sampling, correlations, causality, hypotheses, experimental methods, and the role of values in science. These difficult topics are presented in an engaging way that clarifies rather than confounds, making for a student reading experience that is both enlightening and enjoyable. Drawing examples from both from the history of science as well as more modern scientific work, the book helps students recognize the ongoing importance of developing good habits of scientific thinking. Questions and exercises are interspersed throughout the text to encourage students to actively reflect on and engage with new concepts and key cases as they arise in the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert M. Martin\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Philosophy (retired) at Dalhousie University and author of many books, including \u003cem\u003ePhilosophical Conversations\u003c\/em\u003e and the best-seller \u003cem\u003eThere Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArchie Fields III\u003c\/strong\u003e is Philosophy Editor at Broadview Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47381759983865,"sku":"9781554816521","price":64.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/834ccHSYum9781554816521_cca0638a-2405-4d35-ba20-f312f7e333f6.webp?v=1770087800","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/scientific-thinking-second-edition-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}