Inductive reasoning is a branch of logic. In a valid inductive argument, the conclusion (consequent) is believed to be true on the basis of its antecedents. For example, when all swans are observed to ...

"I strongly object to wrong arguments on the right side," said GK Chesterton. "I think I object to them more than to the wrong arguments on the wrong side." Arguments are attempts to persuade by ...

Over the years, the APQ has established itself as one of the principal English vehicles for the publication of scholarly work in philosophy. The whole of each issue—printed in a large page, ...

As we mentioned earlier in this series, one of the goals of these articles is to help forum members separate productive debates from flame wars. If this our goal, we have an obvious challenge: what do ...

We have seen that we can deduce new conditionals from old. But where do we get conditionals to start with? Fortunately, we can get conditionals from our three principles. Premise (5) in the LSAT ...

The argument from inductive risk is considered to be one of the strongest challenges for value-free science. A great part of its appeal lies in the idea that even an ideal epistemic agent—the "perfect ...