This text focuses on two major issues: the nature of scientific inquiry and the relations
between scientific disciplines. Designed to introduce the basic issues and concepts in the …

Recent arguments in science education have proposed that school science should pay
more attention to teaching the nature of science and its social practices. However, unlike the …

By applying research in artificial intelligence to problems in the philosophy of science, Paul
Thagard develops an exciting new approach to the study of scientific reasoning. This …

Pupils' perceptions of their experience of school science have rarely been investigated. The
aim of the research reported in this paper, therefore, was to document the range of views …

Although there is universal consensus both in the science education literature and in the
science standards documents to the effect that students should learn not only the content of …

Rationale Clinical reasoning lies at the heart of medical practice and has a long research
tradition. Nevertheless, research is scattered across diverse academic disciplines with …

" No other work in this field covers the history of important conceptual issues in archaeology
in such a deep and knowledgable way, bringing both philosophical and archeological …

Reflection without Rules offers a comprehensive, pointed exploration of the methodological
tradition in economics and the breakdown of the received view within the philosophy of …

We propose an explanatory and computational theory of transformative discoveries in
science. The theory is derived from a recurring theme found in a diverse range of scientific …

This article offers a critique of constructivism in science education which is an attempt to
define and identify not only the weaknesses, but the successes of constructivism. Its success …