Evidence in Science. A Simple Account of the Principles of Science for Students of Medicine and Biology

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Pages v-vi
CHAPTER I - CREDULITY, Pages 1-4
CHAPTER II - TRUTH AND FALSITY, Pages 5-8
CHAPTER III - KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF, Pages 9-10
CHAPTER IV - THE ORIGINS OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD, Pages 11-16
CHAPTER V - ARISTOTLE'S THEORY OF DEDUCTION, Pages 17-21
CHAPTER VI - THE MODERN THEORY OF DEDUCTION, Pages 22-26
CHAPTER VII - THE CREDIBILITY OF GENERAL PROPOSITIONS, Pages 27-30
CHAPTER VIII - INDUCTION BY SIMPLE ENUMERATION, Pages 31-33
CHAPTER IX - THE INSPIRED GUESS, Pages 34-41
CHAPTER X - SCIENTIFIC METHOD, Pages 42-51
CHAPTER XI - THE LAWS OF NATURE, Pages 52-54
CHAPTER XII - THE PURPOSE OF THINGS, Pages 55-61
CHAPTER XIII - THE NOTION OF A CAUSE, Pages 62-67
CHAPTER XIV - OBSERVATION AND ERRORS OF OBSERVATION, Pages 68-77
CHAPTER XV - THE SEARCH FOR CAUSES, Pages 78-86
CHAPTER XVI - CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS, Pages 87-92
CHAPTER XVII - MATHEMATICAL PROBABILITY IN RESEARCH, Pages 93-107
CHAPTER XVIII - THE ART OF SOPHISTRY, Pages 108-113
INDEX, Pages 115-116