Book contents
- Good Thinking
- Good Thinking
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Part I
- Part II
- Eight Into the Weeds of Logic – How It’s Done
- Nine Into the Weeds of Moral Judgment – How It’s Done
- Ten Into the Weeds of Analogical Reasoning – How It’s Done
- Eleven Into the Weeds of Scientific Reasoning – How It’s Done
- Twelve Into the Weeds of Rational Decision-Making – How It’s Done
- Thirteen Into the Weeds of Game Theory – How It’s Done
- Fourteen Into the Weeds of Problem-Solving – How It’s Done
- Appendix A Answers to Insight Problems
- Answer Key to Quizzes
- Notes
- Index
Eleven - Into the Weeds of Scientific Reasoning – How It’s Done
from Part II
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 February 2021
Book contents
- Good Thinking
- Good Thinking
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Part I
- Part II
- Eight Into the Weeds of Logic – How It’s Done
- Nine Into the Weeds of Moral Judgment – How It’s Done
- Ten Into the Weeds of Analogical Reasoning – How It’s Done
- Eleven Into the Weeds of Scientific Reasoning – How It’s Done
- Twelve Into the Weeds of Rational Decision-Making – How It’s Done
- Thirteen Into the Weeds of Game Theory – How It’s Done
- Fourteen Into the Weeds of Problem-Solving – How It’s Done
- Appendix A Answers to Insight Problems
- Answer Key to Quizzes
- Notes
- Index
Summary
According to philosopher David Hume (1711–1776), causality is an “illusion.” Here’s why: A Treatise of Human Nature (1739–40), Hume pointed out that, in order for one event to cause another event, the following conditions must be satisfied.
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- Good ThinkingSeven Powerful Ideas That Influence the Way We Think, pp. 230 - 261Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021