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ERIC Number: EJ514096
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0926-7220
The Nature of Scientific Thought.
Suchting, W. A.
Science and Education, v4 n1 p1-22 Jan 1995
Describes scientific thought as a type of goal-directed behavior and its product and discusses its nature in terms of that goal and means appropriate for achieving it. Discusses the Galilean-Newtonian paradigm, empiricism, the idea that scientific thought has philosophical foundations, and the scientific status of human sciences. (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Philosophy, Science Education, Science History
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
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Identifiers: Australia; Scientific Thinking