Back to Think Again III: How to Reason Inductively
Duke University

Think Again III: How to Reason Inductively

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. Suggested Readings Students who want more detailed explanations or additional exercises or who want to explore these topics in more depth should consult Understanding Arguments: An Introduction to Informal Logic, Ninth Edition, Concise, Chapters 8-12, by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Robert Fogelin. Course Format Each week will be divided into multiple video segments that can be viewed separately or in groups. There will be short ungraded quizzes after each segment (to check comprehension) and a longer graded quiz at the end of the course.

Status: Sampling (Statistics)
Status: Scientific Methods
BeginnerCourse24 hours

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AL

5.0Reviewed May 25, 2019

Course with fun and a deep insight into one of the most commonly used arguments

SM

5.0Reviewed Jun 21, 2017

This entire series was informative, engaging, and fun, and the thinking skills taught are so valuable.

BW

4.0Reviewed Jan 31, 2023

It has helped me to avoid jumping to conclusions in decision-making. Thank you!

JJ

5.0Reviewed Jan 16, 2017

Great course to help understand principles of inductive reasoning; recommended!

SK

5.0Reviewed Jun 30, 2019

Am sure I will take the other parts of this course, very interesting.

PP

5.0Reviewed Apr 3, 2022

I find this course more interesting and i really enjoyed leanrning the skill

RW

5.0Reviewed Sep 20, 2020

This was an excellent course. it really gets you thinking and allows you to take the tools learned to the workplace!! The instructors were great and do an excellent job of explaining!

SY

4.0Reviewed Feb 22, 2021

Interesting course on reasoning which includes a little of mathematics (statistics) but also a whole lot of basic reasoning (common sense).

DD

5.0Reviewed Jun 18, 2018

Perfect course and presentation of material.Very good incorporation of mentors for discusion.Good job!

MG

5.0Reviewed Apr 15, 2018

Very effective teaching . It creates the power to judge arguments more accurately .

CG

5.0Reviewed Aug 19, 2020

Fun and educational! A sense of humor goes a long way.

NG

4.0Reviewed Mar 1, 2018

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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