Scientific Thought and Research Methodology
Concepts, Principles, Philosophy of Science, and Ontological Dimension
by Aydin Beraha (Cankiri Karatekin University, Turkey)
In an era polluted with misinformation, pseudoscience, and "alternative facts," this book couldn't be timelier. It introduces the novice to scientific thought while refreshing the philosophical processes of experienced scientists. This book provides fertile content including ontological, cognitive, technic, logical, philosophical, and ethical dimensions of making science. It presents content to warn readers about pseudoscience and the art of deception and guides them in recognizing fake science. It should be a must-read for any science course from high school to doctoral studies.
A must-read for curious minds interested in the scientific thought process.
Prof. Nezih Altay
DePaul University, Chicago
This book presents an easy introduction for undergraduate students, graduate students, research assistants, and researchers new to the profession. It is very important to come to a state of scientific mind who are interested in both social and natural sciences. This book provides fertile content, including ontological, cognitive, technic, logical, philosophical, and ethical dimensions of making science. It presents the roles of science, such as classification along with actual examples in both social and natural sciences to readers for a better understanding. It also contains special content to warn readers about pseudoscience and the art of deception and to guide them on how to detect and recognize fake science. The glossary section of this book contains unusual terms related to scientific reasoning. The author’s words to readers –I wish a pleasant reading to the science-loving passengers of this 'pale blue dot.-'
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
PREFACE
Chapter 1
UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENCE
Chapter 2
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Chapter 3
ONTOLOGICAL ASPECT OF RESEARCH SUBJECTS
Chapter 4
COGNITIVE AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF RESEARCH SUBJECTS
Chapter 5
MAIN CONCEPTS RELATED TO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Chapter 6
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS
Chapter 7
UNDERSTANDING THE RESEARCH PROCESS
Chapter 8
SPECIAL TOPICS
VOCABULARY FOR METHODOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Aydin Beraha is the Associate Professor of the International Trade Department at the Cankiri Karatekin University in Turkey. He received his BA in the field of management and organization in 2009 from Nigde University and his Ph.D. in Business Administration from Gazi University in 2014. He is interested in environmental uncertainty, strategic flexibility, organizational networks, and competition. He joined the Cankiri Karatekin University in 2009 and he has taught motivation and leadership in his undergraduate classes. He has participated in several national and international conferences and presented papers related to management and organization. He wanted to share his experiences in research studies with young researchers and people who are interested in science via this book.
Phenomenology, scientific ethics, deduction & induction, scientific classification, epistemology, semantics, the variable, research methods, reliability and validity, pseudoscience
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title
Scientific Thought and Research Methodology
Book Subtitle
Concepts, Principles, Philosophy of Science, and Ontological Dimension
ISBN
979-8-8819-0185-1
Edition
1st
Number of pages
222
Physical size
236mm x 160mm
