The Conduct of Inquiry: An Introduction of Logic and Scientific Method - Softcover

Kitchener, Richard F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761813071 ISBN 13: 9780761813071

Publisher: University Press Of America, 1998

Synopsis

The Conduct of Inquiry is a practical introduction to logic and scientific method. It provides a comprehensive and current discussion of the logic of scientific method and scientific reasoning. The author places consistent stress on the evaluation of actual scientific reasoning and the development of critical thinking skills by employing numerous examples that require the application of the principles discussed in the text. Each chapter lays out basic, underlying principles of logic and scientific method and illustrates them by reference to detailed case studies in the history of science. The method of proceeding from concrete case studies to general principle embodied in the examples provides an understandable progression for those learning the basic ideas of logic and scientific method.

About this title

Synopsis

A textbook for an introductory logic course for students in the applied and practical sciences. Kitchener (philosophy, Colorado State U.) set out to revise Cohen and Nagel's standard text, but realized that he was diverging considerably so struck out on his own. He relies heavily on exercises to give students experience thinking scientific problems

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761813071
• ISBN 13: 9780761813071
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 578