Scientific Thinking, Second Edition (Paperback)

Robert M. Martin

ISBN 10: 1554816521 / ISBN 13: 9781554816521

Published by Broadview Press Ltd, 2026

About this Item

Paperback. Scientific Thinking provides comprehensive coverage of such topics as inductive reasoning, confirmation, demarcation, sampling, correlations, causality, hypotheses, experimental methods, and the role of values in science. Drawing examples from both the history of science and more modern scientific work, the book helps readers recognize the ongoing importance of developing good habits of scientific thinking. Questions and exercises are interspersed to encourage active reflection and engagement with new concepts and key cases as they arise in the book. This book introduces students to the core principles of scientific thinking, such as inductive reasoning, statistical inference, hypothesis confirmation, experimental methods, and more. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scientific Thinking, Second Edition (Paperback)
• Publisher: Broadview Press Ltd
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554816521
• ISBN 13: 9781554816521
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Scientific Thinking provides comprehensive coverage of such topics as inductive reasoning, confirmation, demarcation, sampling, correlations, causality, hypotheses, experimental methods, and the role of values in science. Drawing examples from both the history of science and more modern scientific work, the book helps readers recognize the ongoing importance of developing good habits of scientific thinking. Questions and exercises are interspersed to encourage active reflection and engagement with new concepts and key cases as they arise in the book.

About the Author

Robert M. Martin is Professor of Philosophy (retired) at Dalhousie University and author of many books, including Philosophical Conversations and the best-seller There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book.

Archie Fields III is Philosophy Editor at Broadview Press and holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Calgary. He has taught courses in the history and philosophy of science, and his work has appeared in Biology and Philosophy and other journals.