Research Concepts

Styles of thinking
How do we think?
1. appeal to the supernatural
2. use of logic
3. use of intuition
4. use of common sense
5. appeal to authority
6. use of scientific method
Appeal to the supernatural
Use of logic, intuition and common sense
1. Use of logic
2. Use of intuition
3. Use of common sense
Appeal to authority
Use of scientific method
Tools of scientific method
1. Deduction
  1. 1.Theory
  2. 2. Hypothesis
  3. 3. Observation
  4. 4. Confirmation
2. Induction
  1. 1. Observation
  2. 2. Pattern
  3. 3.Tentative
  4. 4. Theroy
3. Concepts
4. The skill of identifying relevant variables
5. Hypotheses
6. What are theories for?
7. Do theories have to make sense?
8. Defining a theory
9. Theory-building and simplification
10. Building blocks of scientific understanding
Other thinking tools
1. Lateral thinking
  1. Historical Review
  2. Listening
  3. Extracting concept
  4. Bulk and Exceptions
  5. Start Afresh
  6. Modules and Smaller Units
  7. Provocative amputation
  8. Wishful Thinking
  9. Ladder Approach
  10. Flavour Approach
2. Fuzzy Thinking

Resource summary

	Created by Rishabh Wadhwa about 6 years ago