On Reasoning and Argument

Part I. Deduction, Induction and Conduction

1. Deduction, Induction and Conduction
David Hitchcock

2. The Linked-Convergent Distinction
David Hitchcock

3. Postscript
David Hitchcock

Part II. Material Consequence

4. Enthymematic Arguments
David Hitchcock

5. Does the Traditional Treatment of Enthymemes Rest on a Mistake?
David Hitchcock

6. Toulmin’s Warrants
David Hitchcock

7. Non-logical Consequence
David Hitchcock

8. Inference Claims
David Hitchcock

9. Material Consequence and Counterfactuals
David Hitchcock

10. Postscript
David Hitchcock

Part III. Patterns of Reasoning

11. Validity in Conductive Arguments
David Hitchcock

12. Reasoning by Analogy: A General Theory
David Hitchcock

13. Pollock on Practical Reasoning
David Hitchcock

14. The Generation of Argument Schemes
David Hitchcock

15. Instrumental Rationality
David Hitchcock

16. Appeals to Considerations
David Hitchcock

17. “All Things Considered”
David Hitchcock

18. Postscript
David Hitchcock

Part IV. Interpersonal Discussion

19. Some Principles of Rational Mutual Inquiry
David Hitchcock

20. The Practice of Argumentative Discussion
David Hitchcock

21. Postscript
David Hitchcock

Part V. Evaluation of Reasoning

22. Relevance
David Hitchcock

23. Good Reasoning on the Toulmin Model
David Hitchcock

24. Postscript
David Hitchcock

Part VI. Fallacies

25. Do the Fallacies Have a Place in the Teaching of Reasoning Skills or Critical Thinking?
David Hitchcock

26. Is There an Argumentum ad Hominem Fallacy?
David Hitchcock

27. Postscript
David Hitchcock

Part VII. Informal Logic and Critical Thinking

28. The Significance of Informal Logic for Philosophy
David Hitchcock

29. Informal Logic and the Concept of Argument
David Hitchcock

30. Critical Thinking as an Educational Ideal
David Hitchcock

31. The Effectiveness of Instruction in Critical Thinking
David Hitchcock

32. Postscript
David Hitchcock

Keywords: Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Classical Studies, Philology, Literacy, Logic