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Theory and evidence : the development of scientific reasoning /
In Theory and Evidence Barbara Koslowski, long acknowledged for her empirical work in the field of cognitive-developmental research, brings into sharp focus the ways in which the standard literature both distorts and under-estimates the reasoning abilities of ordinary people. She provides the basis...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
©1996.
©1996 |
| Series: | Learning, development, and conceptual change.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- The role of mechanism and alternative accounts in formal-operational, causal, and scientific reasoning
- Disconfirming and anomalous evidence
- When non-humean indices replace or override covariation
- Beliefs about covariation and causal mechanisms--implausible as well as plausible
- Assessing internal and external validity
- Evaluating explanations in light of alternative accounts
- Rendering implausible causes plausible
- Deciding whether anomalies refine a theory or call it into question
- Disconfirming mechanism and covariation components of a theory
- Confirmation, disconfirmation, and differing views of scientific inquiry
- Spontaneous generation of appropriate tests, causal mechanisms, and alternative hypotheses
- General summary and conclusions.