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Critical Thinking and Logic: Types of Logic

An introduction and resources on critical thinking and logic.

Inductive Logic

Inductive Logic - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – see more resource links at end

  • Confirmation and Induction. Really nice overview by Franz Huber in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  • Inductive Logic, (in PDF), by Branden Fitelson, Philosophy of Science: An Encyclopedia, (J. Pfeifer and S. Sarkar, eds.), Routledge. An extensive encyclopedia article on inductive logic.
  • Teaching Theory of Knowledge: Probability and Induction. A very extensive outline of issues in Probability and Induction, each topic accompanied by a list of relevant books and articles (without links), compiled by Brad Armendt and Martin Curd.
  • Bayesian Networks Without Tears, (in PDF), by Eugene Charniak (Computer Science and Cognitive Science, Brown University). An introductory article on Bayesian inference.
  • Miscellany of Works on Probabilistic Thinking. A collection of on-line articles on Subjective Probability and probabilistic reasoning by Richard Jeffrey and by several other philosophers writing on related issues.
  • Fitelson’s course on Confirmation Theory. Main page of Branden Fitelson’s course on Confirmation Theory. The Syllabus provides an extensive list of links to readings. The Notes, Handouts, & Links page has Fitelson’s weekly course notes and some links to useful internet resources on confirmation theory.

Fitelson’s course on Probability and Induction. Main page of Branden Fitelson’s course on Probability and Induction. The Syllabus provides an extensive list of links to readings on the subject. The Notes & Handouts page has Fitelson’s powerpoint slides for each of his lectures and some links to handouts for the course. The Links page contains links to some useful internet