
How to Reason + Reasoning in the Sciences
Richard L. Epstein(Author)
Advanced Reasoning Forum (Publisher)
Published on 31. January 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
246 pages
978-1-938421-40-2 (ISBN)
Description
Too often we’re guided by what we last heard, by our friends’ approval, by impulse—our desires, our fears. Without reflection. Without even stopping to think. ** In this book you’ll learn how to reason and find your way better in life. You’ll learn to see the consequences of what you and others say and do. You’ll learn to see the assumptions that you and others make. You’ll learn how to judge what you should believe. These are the skills we all need to make good decisions. ** Claims. Arguments. Fallacies. Analogies. Generalizing. Cause and Effect. Explanations. These are clearly set out with hundreds of examples from daily life showing how to use them. Illustrations using a cast of cartoon characters make the concepts memorable. And many exercises will help you to check your understanding. ** Truly a book for all—from high school to graduate school, from auto repair to managing a company. How to Reason will help you find a way in life that is clearer and not buffetted by the winds of nonsense and fear. ******* In Reasoning in the Sciences, you’ll learn how to use your reasoning skills to understand how scientists make definitions, what an experiment is, what can go wrong with an experiment, how scientists reason with models and theories, what counts as a good explanation in science, and how to distinguish science from magic, religion, and fraud. No background in science is needed, just a healthy appetitite for learning.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
56 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
315 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-938421-40-2 (9781938421402)
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Persons
Richard L. Epstein is the author of Computability (with Walter Carnielli), the series The Semantic Foundations of Logic (Propositional Logics, Predicate Logic, Classical Mathematical Logic), the series Logic as the Art of Reasoning Well, and this current series Logic, Language, and the World (An Introduction to Formal Logic, The Internal Structure of Predicates and Names). He is currently the Head of the Advanced Reasoning Forum.