Limits Scientific Reasoning by David Faust (18 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Description: An interdisciplinary examination of the limitations of human judgment in scientific inquiry. Drawing on research in cognitive psychology, David Faust challenges assumptions about scientists' ability to interpret complex information, evaluate theories, and make consistently reliable judgments. With a foreword by influential clinical psychologist Paul E. Meehl. Includes bibliography and index. 232 pages. Detailed Condition: Good softcover. Covers show rubbing, scratches, scattered marks, and moderate edge and corner wear. Original $19.95 retail-price sticker remains on the rear cover. Both covers have noticeable outward curl, particularly along the fore edge. Spine is intact and the binding appears sound. Page edges show light age-toning and handling wear. Interior pages appear clean, with no writing or highlighting visible in the supplied photographs. Shipping / Returns: Carefully packed and shipped with tracking. Thirty-day returns accepted in accordance with AbeBooks policies. SCI 5a.…

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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextrnrnThe Limits of Scientific Reasoning was first published in 1984. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of M.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Limits of Scientific Reasoning was first published in 1984. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.The study of human judgment and its limitations is essential to an understanding of the processes involved in the acquisition of scientific knowledge. With that end in mind, David Faust has made the first comprehensive attempt to apply recent research on human judgment to the practice of science. Drawing upon the findings of cognitive psychology, Faust maintains that human judgment is far more limited than we have tended to believe and that all individuals - scientists included-have a surprisingly restricted capacity to interpret complex information. Faust's thesis implies that scientists do not perform reasoning tasks, such as theory evaluation, as well as we assume they do, and that there are many judgments the scientist is expected to perform but cannot because of restrictions in cognitive capacity.'This is a very well-written, timely, and important book. It documents and clarifies, in a very scholarly fashion, what sociologists and psychologists of science have been flirting with for several decades-namely, inherent limitations of scientific judgment,' -Michael Mahoney, Pennsylvania State UniversityDavid Faust is director of psychology at Rhode Island Hospital and a faculty member of the Brown University Medical School. He is co-author of Teaching Moral Reasoning: Theory and Practice.…