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ERIC Number: EJ155872
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Bio-Logical Dissection of Rhetorica Flora
Jungck, John R.
American Biology Teacher, 39, 3, 142-147,154, Mar 77
Discusses methods of recognizing teleology, anthropomorphism, tautologies and other improper reasonings (post hoc fallacies, arguments from authority, arguments regarding impossibility, and name-calling), and semantic distinctions between scientific proof, hypotheses, laws, and theories. Relates these to the development of the scientifically literate person. (CS)
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Literary Criticism, Science Education, Sciences, Scientific Literacy, Scientific Methodology, Skill Development
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