This page is dedicated to providing readers of RAIL with resources for teaching and learning about argumentation. As more come to my attention I will place them here. Links to other blogs, groups and journals can be found in the menus to the left. Suggestions for additions to this list of resources are always welcome!
REFERENCES AND TUTORIALS
- “Logic” at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- “Non-monotonic Logic” at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- “Informal Logic” at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- “Informal Logic” at Wikipedia
- “Argumentation Theory” at Wikipedia
- “Rhetoric” at Wikipedia
- Critical Thinking (maintained by Robert Ennis)
- Critical Thinking Tutorials
- The Argument Clinic (at the University of Northern Colorado)
- Online Resources from the John Benjamins Publishing Co.
Fallacies
- “Fallacies” at the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- The Logical Fallacies (Stephen Downes)
- The Fallacy Files
- The Nizkor Project
- Logical Fallacies (Tim Holt)
Rhetoric and Debate
- Debatepedia
- A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms (with examples)
- “Aristotle’s Rhetoric” at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Formal Logic
- Basic Terms and Concepts for Deductive Logic
- “Inductive Logic” at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- “Bayes’ Theorem” at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- “Forall x”: An Open Source Textbook in Formal Logic
- “Teach yourself logic #1: First order logic” (blog post with good recommendations by Peter Smith at Logic Matters)
IMPORTANT TEXTS ONLINE
- Classical Rhetoric e-texts (via the ISHR)
- “The Concept of Argument” (Chapter 7 of Hamblin’s Fallacies)
- “The Pragma-dialectic Approach to Fallacies”, by van Eemeren & Grootendorst
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES, PROJECTS AND SOFTWARE
Argument Mapping and Computational Argument Help
- Araucaria (free argument mapping software)
- Carneades (free argument mapping software)
- Argument Mapping in Your Subject (a comprehensive resource on argument mapping)
- Automated Argument Assistance (AAA, via Bart Verheij)
- Debategraph
- VUE: Visual Understanding Environment (via Tufts University)
Useful Software and Sites for Researchers and Educators
- Skim (free, open source software for reading and annotating pdf files)
- FreeMind (free, open source concept mapping software)
- Rubistar (free rubric builder for multiple types of assignments)
- ProfHacker (tech blog on the Chronicle of Higher Education site)
- Moodle (open source course management system: think blackboard, but better…and free)
- OpenOffice (free open source suite of applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases)
- LaTeX (free, open source typesetting–a must for those in the sciences or who use a lot of formal symbols in their work)
- LyX (free, open source, relatively painless LaTeX for Mac OS and Windows users)
- Jabref (free, open source bibliography and reference manager, works with OpenOffice and LyX)
- Zotero (browser-embedded research management software)
- Evernote (data collection and organization application for computers and mobile devices)
- Prezi (slick, powerful animated presentation software, mid-range version currently offered for free to those with valid educational credentials)
OTHER RESOURCE COLLECTIONS
- Austhink
- Kritisch Denken (Netherlands-based partner of Austhink)
- Critical Thinking Textbook Abstracts (via AILACT)
- “Informal Logic” at PhilPapers
- “Argumentation” at PhilPapers
- Reason in the Balance blog
- Michigan State University’s Online Resources Page for Critical Thinking Courses (includes assessment rubrics)
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