The Reasoning Engine Beneath Every Argument
Foundations gave you the shape of an argument; this epoch gives you the engine. You'll learn the Toulmin model that maps any real argument, the difference between deductive certainty and inductive strength, how to tell causation from mere correlation, and how to name and dismantle the formal and informal fallacies that sink weak cases. By the end you'll spot a broken inference the instant you hear it — and never build one yourself.
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Aristotle's Lyceum
The Toulmin Model
The Stoa Poikile
Deduction: Validity and Soundness
The Royal Society
Induction and the Strength of Evidence
The Broad Street Pump
Causation vs. Correlation
Principia Mathematica
Formal Fallacies
The Areopagus
Fallacies of Relevance
The Library of Alexandria
Fallacies of Presumption and Ambiguity
The U.S. Supreme Court
Reasoning by Analogy
The Bills of Mortality
Statistical and Numerical Reasoning
The Inns of Court
Burden of Proof, Presumption, and Parsimony