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Argument and evidence : critical analysis for the social sciences / Peter Phelan and Peter Reynolds.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996Description: ix, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415113733
  • 9780415113731
  • 0415113725
  • 9780415113724
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.72
LOC classification:
  • H61. P529 1996
Contents:
List of illustrations -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Argument and evidence -- 3. Context, convention and communication -- 4. An informal analysis of arguments -- 5. Patterns of reasoning -- 6. Establishing validity -- 7. Critical analysis in practice -- 8. Assumptions -- 9. Evidence as ground for belief -- 10. What counts as evidence? -- 11. Presenting and summarising evidence -- 12. Furthering knowledge -- 13. Probability and uncertainty -- 14. Probability theory applied -- 15. Estimation and reliability -- 16. Testing hypotheses -- Appendices -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-241) and index.

List of illustrations -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Argument and evidence -- 3. Context, convention and communication -- 4. An informal analysis of arguments -- 5. Patterns of reasoning -- 6. Establishing validity -- 7. Critical analysis in practice -- 8. Assumptions -- 9. Evidence as ground for belief -- 10. What counts as evidence? -- 11. Presenting and summarising evidence -- 12. Furthering knowledge -- 13. Probability and uncertainty -- 14. Probability theory applied -- 15. Estimation and reliability -- 16. Testing hypotheses -- Appendices -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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