Portada

HOW TO REASON + REASONING IN THE SCIENCES IBD

ADVANCED REASONING FORUM
01 / 2019
9781938421402
Inglés

Sinopsis

Too often we&rsquo,re guided by what we last heard, by our friends&rsquo, approval,áby impulse&mdash,our desires, our fears.á Without reflection.á Without evenástopping to think. á ** áIn this book you&rsquo,ll learn how to reason and find your way better inálife.á You&rsquo,ll learn to see the consequences of what you and others sayáand do. You&rsquo,ll learn to see the assumptions that you and others make. áYou&rsquo,ll learn how to judge what you should believe.á These are the skills we all need to make good decisions. á**ááClaims.á Arguments.á Fallacies.á Analogies.á Generalizing.á Cause andáEffect.á Explanations.á These are clearly set out with hundreds ofáexamples from daily life showing how to use them.á Illustrations using aácast of cartoon characters make the concepts memorable.á And manyáexercises will help you to check your understanding. á** áTruly a book for all&mdash,from high school to graduate school, from autoárepair to managing a company.á How to Reason will help you find a way inálife that is clearer and not buffetted by the winds of nonsense andáfear. á ******* áIn Reasoning in the Sciences,áyou&rsquo,ll learn how to use your reasoning skills to understand howáscientists makeádefinitions, what an experiment is, what can go wrong witháan experiment, how scientists reason with models and theories, whatácounts as a good explanation in science, and how to distinguisháscience from magic, religion, and fraud.á No background in scienceáis needed, just a healthy appetitite for learning.

PVP
19,57