Handbook of the Logic of Argument and Inference: The Turn Towards the Practical (Volume 1) (Studies in Logic and Practical Reasoning, Volume 1)

The Handbook of the Logic of Argument and Inference is an authoritative reference work in a single volume, designed for the attention of senior undergraduates, graduate students and researchers in all the leading research areas concerned with the logic of practical argument and inference. After an introductory chapter, the role of standard logics is surveyed in two chapters. These chapters can serve as a mini-course for interested readers, in deductive and inductive logic, or as a refresher. Then follow two chapters of criticism; one the internal critique and the other the empirical critique. The first deals with objections to standard logics (as theories of argument and inference) arising from the research programme in philosophical logic. The second canvasses criticisms arising from work in cognitive and experimental psychology. The next five chapters deal with developments in dialogue logic, interrogative logic, informal logic, probability logic and artificial intelligence. The last chapter surveys formal approaches to practical reasoning and anticipates possible future developments. Taken as a whole the Handbook is a single-volume indication of the present state of the logic of argument and inference at its conceptual and theoretical best. Future editions will periodically incorporate significant new developments The Handbook of the Logic of Argument and Inference is an authoritative reference work in a single volume, designed for the attention of senior undergraduates, graduate students and researchers in all the leading research areas concerned with the logic of practical argument and inference.

After an introductory chapter, the role of standard logics is surveyed in two chapters. These chapters can serve as a mini-course for interested readers, in deductive and inductive logic, or as a refresher.

Then follow two chapters of criticism; one the internal critique and the other the empirical critique. The first deals with objections to standard logics (as theories of argument and inference) arising from the research programme in philosophical logic. The second canvasses criticisms arising from work in cognitive and experimental psychology.

The next five chapters deal with developments in dialogue logic, interrogative logic, informal logic, probability logic and artificial intelligence.

The last chapter surveys formal approaches to practical reasoning and anticipates possible future developments. Taken as a whole the Handbook is a single-volume indication of the present state of the logic of argument and inference at its conceptual and theoretical best. Future editions will periodically incorporate significant new developments. Content: Preface Pages v-vi List of authors Pages vii-viii Logic and the practical turn Pages 1-39 John Woods, Ralph H. Johnson, Dov M. Gabbay, Hans Jürgen Ohlbach Standard logics as theories of argument and inference: Deduction Pages 41-103 John Woods Standard logics as theories of argument and inference: Induction Pages 105-169 John Woods Internal critique: A logic is not a theory of reasoning and a theory of reasoning is not a logic Pages 171-186 Gilbert Harman Standard logic as a model of reasoning: The empirical critique Pages 187-223 David N. Perkins A framework for intersubjective accountability: Dialogical logic Pages 225-293 Else M. Barth Interrogative logic as a general theory of reasoning Pages 295-337 Jaakko Hintikka, Ilpo Halonen, Arto Mutanen Informal logic and the reconfiguration of logic Pages 339-396 R.H. Johnson, J.A. Blair Probability logic Pages 397-424 Jon Williamson Philosophical incidence of logic programming Pages 425-448 Luís Moniz Pereira Formal approaches to practical reasoning: A survey Pages 449-481 Dov M. Gabbay, John Woods Index Pages 483-498