An introduction to the structure of deductive arguments, how to evaluate them, and why a bad argument doesn’t necessarily ...

This research is part of a larger effort to build machine-based tools for developing scientific theories. In analogy with the research process in empirical research, we describe a logical cycle of ...

THIS book is intended for the use of students at the various Indian colleges, and will be regarded by most teachers of the subject as, upon the whole, a very good text-book. The author has read many ...

The last few decades and the rise of mass media, the choice between two options what I term ‘dichotomies of dualities’ has become the root of news television. The application of this principle has led ...

As this is the fourth edition—though enlarged and partly re-written—of the work under notice, it is not necessary to review it in detail. It is sufficient to mention, by way of reminder, that for the ...

Editor's Note: This article was provided by The Conversation. The original can be found here. Calling something a “scientific truth” is a double-edged sword. On the one hand it carries a kind of ...

Do you think of yourself as a rational thinker? Take pride in your ability to draw logical conclusions from premises and data? Think people who use dietary supplements and male enhancement products ...

Scientists do not confirm hypotheses, they may only corroborate or decisively refute them. —excerpted from The Logic of Scientific discovery (London: Hutchinson, 1959) by Karl Popper A scientist, ...

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