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| Introduction | |
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| Arguments | |
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| The Quarrel | |
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| Arguments, Fallacies, and Logic | |
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| The Quarrel | |
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| The Ad Baculum | |
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| The Ad Hominem | |
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| The Debate | |
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| The Debate | |
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| Mill's Model of Debate | |
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| A Critique of Mill's Model | |
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| The Ad Populum: Boosterism | |
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| The Ad Populum: Popularity | |
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| The Ad Verecundiam | |
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| Appeals to Misery and other Emotive Fallacies | |
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| Dialectic | |
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| Aristotle's Basic Rules of Dialectic | |
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| Eight Revised Rules of Dialectic | |
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| The Ad Ignorantiam | |
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| The Fallacy of Complex Question | |
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| Logic | |
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| Elementary Logic | |
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| Entailment | |
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| Conjunction, Disjunction, and Negation | |
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| Conditionals and Biconditionals | |
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| Testing Arguments for Validity | |
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| The Truth-Table Test for Validity | |
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| Fallacies of Relevance | |
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| Formal and Informal Logic | |
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| Logical Form | |
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| Formal Logic | |
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| Begging the Question | |
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| Equivocation and Amphiboly | |
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| The Paradox of the Liar | |
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| Formal Deductive Systems | |
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| Formal Systems | |
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| System P | |
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| Working in System P | |
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| Evaluating System P | |
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| Nonclassical Propositional Logics | |
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| System RP | |
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| Evaluating System RP | |
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| Modal Logics | |
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| Epistemic and Deontic Logics | |
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| Multi-valued Logics | |
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| Term Logic | |
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| Aristotle's Categorical Propositions | |
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| Immediate Inference | |
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| The Syllogism | |
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| Predicate Logic | |
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| Motivating Predicate Logic | |
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| Extending System P | |
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| Working in System PL | |
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| Extending System PL | |
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| Inductive Logic and Scientific Reasoning | |
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Induction: Narrow and Wide
2. Inductive Logic | |
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| The Elements of Probability Theory | |
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| Hasty Generalization and Related Fallacies | |
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| A Causal Fallacy | |
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| Causal Reasoning | |
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| Applying Logic To Arguments | |
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| Economic Reasoning | |
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| The Fallacy of Composition and Division | |
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| Analytical Remarks about Composition and Division | |
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| Expected Utility, Sure-thing, and Minimax Principles | |
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| Group Decisions and the Prisoner's Dilemma | |
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| Legal Reasoning | |
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| Burden of Proof versus Standard of Proof | |
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| Evidence, Testimony, and Expert Opinion | |
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| Legal Precedent and Analogical Argument | |
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| Legal Facts and Legal Justification | |
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| Artificial Intelligence | |
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| Artificial Intelligence, Logic, and Computability | |
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| Expert Systems | |
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| Plausibility Screening | |
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| Plausible Argument | |
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| Theories of Belief Revision | |
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| Can Machines Think? | |
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| Issues in the Philosophy of Logic | |
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| Choosing the Right Logic | |
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| Paraconsistent Logics | |
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| The Enlightenment Ideal | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Solutions to Selected Exercises | |
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| Selected Readings | |
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| Index | |
