Scientific Thinking & Scientific Method

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Scientific Thinking & Scientific Method

3 Components of Scientific & Critical Thinking

3)Skepticism

Possesing a skeptical attitude

Questioning of your beliefs & conclusions

2)Rationalism

Practice of logical reasoning

c)Wishful thinking

b)Hopeful thinking

a)Emotional thinking

1)Empiricism

Using empirical evidence

Also known as natural evidence

naturalism

Contrast with

g)Authority evidence

most common

f)Emotional evidence

e)Spectral evidence

d)Revelatory evidence

c)Circumstantial evidence

b)Testmonial evidence

a)Hearsay evidence

Completly reliable

Critical Thinking

Thinking correctly leading to reliable knowledge

Used by anyone

Scientific Thinking

Knowledge justified by reliable method

Used by scientists

What's Science?

Discovering reliable knowledge about nature

By using scientific method

Investigating nature