Argument and evidence : critical analysis for the social sciences / Peter Phelan and Peter Reynolds.
Material type: TextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996Description: ix, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0415113733
- 9780415113731
- 0415113725
- 9780415113724
- 300.72
- H61. P529 1996
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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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