ARGUMENTS AND INFERENCES
Text Reference: Thinking for Yourself, Chapter 12
Tie together what you have learned about inferences and argument by reading this article taken from Philosophy Pages.
http://www.philosophypages.com/lg/e01.htm
DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Explain how this document represents a deductive argument.
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
DEDUCTIVE AND INDUCTIVE
These exercises help you understand the differences between inductive and deductive reasoning. Prepared by San Jose University, Mission Critical.
http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/7/part2/ind-ded.html
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Here is a biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Review the life and writings of Thomas Jefferson.
http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/
VALID AND INVALID
Learn more about valid and invalid deductive reasoning prepared by the Rhodes Writing Center.
http://www.rhodes.edu/writingcenter/group_b/deductive_reasoning.html
VENN DIAGRAMS
Past editions of this text have included Venn diagrams: a useful visual approach to logic.
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=L384
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