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