Defense of the Scientific Hypothesis From Reproducibility Crisis to Big Data 1st edition by Bradley Alger 0190881488 9780190881481

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ISBN-10 :  0190881488 

ISBN-13 :  9780190881481

Author: Bradley E. Alger 

 Defense of Scientific Hypothesis: From Reproducibility Crisis to Big Data sets out to explain and defend the scientific hypothesis. Alger’s mission is to counteract the misinformation and misunderstanding about the hypothesis that even seasoned scientists have concerning its nature and place in modern science. Most biological scientists receive little or no formal training in scientific thinking. Further, the hypothesis is under attack by critics who claim that it is irrelevant to science. In order to appreciate and evaluate scientific controversies like global climate change, vaccine safety, etc., the public first needs to understand the hypothesis. Defense of Scientific Hypothesis begins by describing and analyzing the scientific hypothesis in depth and examining its relationships to various kinds of science. Alger then guides readers through a review of the hypothesis in the context of the Reproducibility Crisis and presents survey data on how scientists perceive and employ hypotheses. He assesses cognitive factors that influence our ability to use the hypothesis and makes practical and policy recommendations for teaching and learning about it. Finally, Alger considers two possible futures of the hypothesis in science as the Big Data revolution looms: in one scenario, the hypothesis is displaced by the Big Data Mindset that forgoes understanding in favor of correlation and prediction. In the other, robotic science incorporates the hypotheses into mechanized laboratories guided by artificial intelligence. But in his illuminating epilogue, Alger envisions a third way, the Centaur Scientist, a symbiotic relationship between human scientists and computers.

 

Defense of the Scientific Hypothesis: From Reproducibility Crisis to Big Data 1st Table of contents:

Part I Fundamentals

Expand1 Philosophical Background MattersGet accessArrow

Expand2 The Scientific Hypothesis TodayGet accessArrow

Expand3 Critical Rationalism: Common Questions Asked and AnsweredGet accessArrow

Expand4 Kinds of ScienceGet accessArrow

Expand5 Statistics and Statistical HypothesesGet accessArrow

Expand6 Bayesian Basics and the Scientific HypothesisGet accessArrow

Expand7 The Reproducibility CrisisGet accessArrow

Expand8 Advantages of the HypothesisGet accessArrow

Expand9 What Scientists Think About Scientific ThinkingGet accessArrow

Part II Opposition and Cognitive Concerns

Expand10 Opponents of the Hypothesis: Stuart Firestein, David J. Glass, and David DeutschGet accessArrow

Expand11 Automatic Thinking: Hypotheses, Biases, and Inductive ReasoningGet accessArrow

Expand12 Thinking Rationally About Heuristics and BiasesGet accessArrow

Part III Present Policies and the Future

Expand13 The Hypothesis in Science EducationGet accessArrow

Expand14 How to Improve Your Own Scientific ThinkingGet accessArrow

Expand15 The Future of the Hypothesis: The Big Data Mindset Versus the Robot ScientistGet accessArrow

 

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