Evidence in Science
A Simple Account of the Principles of Science for Students of Medicine and Biology
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1966
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Author: Kenneth Stone
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 1 2 7 7 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 2 6 2 0 - 0
Evidence in Science: A Simple Account of the Principles of Science for Students of Medicine and Biology is an 18-chapter text that explores the truth behind ""principles of… Read more
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Request a sales quoteEvidence in Science: A Simple Account of the Principles of Science for Students of Medicine and Biology is an 18-chapter text that explores the truth behind ""principles of science"" and the correction of wrong beliefs about it. The book starts with a presentation of the root of some wrong beliefs and strongly differentiates the truth and falsity of Science. The following chapter covers the method on how scientists discover pure Science, such as the famous Aristotle's Theory of Deduction. This topic is followed by discussion on scientific method to widen the scientific facts, which are credible and reliable by the help of evidences. Other chapters are devoted to the laws of nature, purpose of things, and notion of a cause. This book also explores observation and errors of observation and then proves a fact with the use of evidence. The last chapters discuss the experiments done to answer an uprising question or weaknesses of a fact and also the probability in which a statement may be true but still a guess. This book is of value to medical and biological science students, as well as to the general reader who wishes to inquire into the scope and nature of scientific knowledge and the possibility of understanding medicine and biology.
Chapter I.—CredulityChapter II.—Truth and FalsityChapter III.—Knowledge and BeliefChapter IV.—The Origins of Scientific MethodChapter V.—Aristotle’s Theory of DeductionChapter VI.—The Modern They of DeductionChapter VII.—The Credibility of General PropositionsChapter VIII.—Induction of Simple EnumerationChapter IX.—The Inspired GuessChapter X.—Scientific MethodChapter XI.—The Laws of NatureChapter XII.—The Purpose of ThingsChapter XIII.—The Notion of the CauseChapter XIV.—Observation and Errors of ObservationChapter XV.—The Search for CausesChapter XVI.—Controlled ExperimentsChapter XVII.—Mathematical Probability in ResearchChapter XVIII.—The Art of SophistryIndex
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1966
- No. of pages (eBook): 124
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483212777
- eBook ISBN: 9781483226200
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