| dc.creator |
Rainer, Ebert |
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| dc.date |
2017-11-09T07:45:29Z |
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| dc.date |
2017-11-09T07:45:29Z |
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| dc.date |
2011-05 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2021-05-03T13:09:27Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2021-05-03T13:09:27Z |
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| dc.identifier |
Rainer Ebert, “On What a Good Argument Is, in Science and Elsewhere,” Dhaka University Journal on Journalism, Media and Communication Studies 1 (May 2011), pp. 17-26 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4588 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4588 |
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| dc.description |
This article investigates what constitutes good reason, in particular in scientific communication. I will start out with a general description of what scientists do and will identify the good argument as an integral part of all science. Employing some simple examples, I will then move on to derive some necessary conditions for the goodness of an argument. Along the way, I will introduce various basic concepts in logic and briefly talk about the nature of human knowledge. I will conclude by relating my discussion of good reasoning in science to critical thinking in general and explain why I believe that critical thinking is at the heart of a well-functioning liberal democracy. |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
Dhaka University Journal on Journalism, Media and Communication Studies 1 |
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| dc.title |
On What a Good Argument Is, in Science and Elsewhere |
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| dc.type |
Journal Article |
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