Want to solve a murder mystery? What caused your computer to fail? Who can you trust in your everyday life? In this course, you will learn how to analyze and assess five common forms of inductive arguments: generalizations from samples, applications of generalizations, inference to the best explanation, arguments from analogy, and causal reasoning. The course closes by showing how you can use probability to help make decisions of all sorts.
This course is part of the Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking Specialization
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Welcome to the Course
Inductive Arguments
Causal Reasoning
Chance and Choice
Catch-Up and Final Quiz
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TOP REVIEWS FROM THINK AGAIN III: HOW TO REASON INDUCTIVELY
Great course to help understand principles of inductive reasoning; recommended!
Very effective teaching . It creates the power to judge arguments more accurately .
Course with fun and a deep insight into one of the most commonly used arguments
Fun and interesting! I'm debating a career change to either Computer Science or Law, so this is a great mental warm up for studying either.
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