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     §1.6. How to Assess Argument
     §1.6. How to Assess Argument
     Glossary of Key Terms from §1
     Glossary of Key Terms from §1
§2.  How to Analyze an Argument
§2.  How to Analyze an Argument
§2.1 Finding the Arguments 25
    §2.1 Finding the Arguments
§2.2 Identifying the Conclusion and All the Premises 27
    §2.2 Identifying the Conclusion and All the Premises
§2.3 Implicit Premises 27
    §2.3 Implicit Premises
§2.4 Multi-Step Arguments and Multiple Arguments to the Same Conclusion 29
    §2.4 Multi-Step Arguments and Multiple Arguments to the Same Conclusion
§2.5 Distinguishing Arguments from Explanations 30
    §2.5 Distinguishing Arguments from Explanations
§2.6 An example of a complex map 32
    §2.6 An example of a complex map
§3.  Assessing Premises 33
 
§3.1 Epistemic Status as Relative to An Audience but Objective 33
 
§3.2 The Continuum Between Knowledge and Ignorance 35
§3.  Assessing Premises
§3.3 The Epistemic Statuses: Certainty, Probability, Possibility, and Arbitrariness 37
    §3.1 Epistemic Status as Relative to An Audience but Objective
§3.4 The Structure of Knowledge and the Danger of Circular Reasoning 42
    §3.2 The Continuum Between Knowledge and Ignorance
Glossary of Key Terms from §3 45
    §3.3 The Epistemic Statuses: Certainty, Probability, Possibility, and Arbitrariness
§4. Assessing Inferences 45
    §3.4 The Structure of Knowledge and the Danger of Circular Reasoning
§4.1 Deduction 45
    Glossary of Key Terms from §3
§4.2 Arguments Applying Statistics 53
 
§4.3 Induction 56
§4. Assessing Inferences
§4.4 Statistical Generalization 58
    §4.1 Deduction
§4.5 Inference to the Best Explanation 58
    §4.2 Arguments Applying Statistics
§4.6 Analogical Argument 64
    §4.3 Induction
§4.7 Reductio ad Absurdum 65
    §4.4 Statistical Generalization
§5. Assessing Conclusions in Light of Multiple Arguments 69
    §4.5 Inference to the Best Explanation
§5.1 Refutations of Arguments (and the Burden of Proof Principle) 69
    §4.6 Analogical Argument
§5.2 Assessing Arguments for Incompatible Conclusions 72
    §4.7 Reductio ad Absurdum
§5.3 Combining Multiple Arguments for the Same Proposition 73
 
§5. Assessing Conclusions in Light of Multiple Arguments
    §5.1 Refutations of Arguments (and the Burden of Proof Principle)
    §5.2 Assessing Arguments for Incompatible Conclusions
    §5.3 Combining Multiple Arguments for the Same Proposition

Revision as of 11:57, 4 August 2022

§1 Overview

   §1.1. Propositions
   §1.2 The Anatomy of an Argument
   §1.3. The Uses of Arguments
   §1.4. Mapping the Relations Between Arguments
   §1.5. Why Some Arguments are Stronger than Others
   §1.6. How to Assess Argument
   Glossary of Key Terms from §1


§2. How to Analyze an Argument

   §2.1 Finding the Arguments
   §2.2 Identifying the Conclusion and All the Premises
   §2.3 Implicit Premises
   §2.4 Multi-Step Arguments and Multiple Arguments to the Same Conclusion
   §2.5 Distinguishing Arguments from Explanations
   §2.6 An example of a complex map


§3. Assessing Premises

   §3.1 Epistemic Status as Relative to An Audience but Objective
   §3.2 The Continuum Between Knowledge and Ignorance
   §3.3 The Epistemic Statuses: Certainty, Probability, Possibility, and Arbitrariness
   §3.4 The Structure of Knowledge and the Danger of Circular Reasoning
   Glossary of Key Terms from §3

§4. Assessing Inferences

   §4.1 Deduction
   §4.2 Arguments Applying Statistics
   §4.3 Induction
   §4.4 Statistical Generalization
   §4.5 Inference to the Best Explanation
   §4.6 Analogical Argument	
   §4.7 Reductio ad Absurdum

§5. Assessing Conclusions in Light of Multiple Arguments

   §5.1 Refutations of Arguments (and the Burden of Proof Principle)
   §5.2 Assessing Arguments for Incompatible Conclusions
   §5.3 Combining Multiple Arguments for the Same Proposition