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
General
- “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
- “Pragmatics” at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- “Speech Acts” at the Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- “Speech Act Theory and Pragmatics” at the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- “Rhetoric” at Wikipedia
- Madeline Lane’s definition of rhetoric at the Chicago School of Media Theory
- “Truth” at the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- “Truth” at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Critical Thinking (maintained by Robert Ennis)
Fallacies
- “Fallacies” at the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- The Logical Fallacies (Stephen Downes)
- The Fallacy Files
- Logical Fallacies (Tim Holt)
Rhetoric and Debate
- Debatepedia
- A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms (with examples), via the University of Kentucky Classics Dept.
- “Aristotle’s Rhetoric” at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Intelligence Squared (US) Judged debates, often between experts.
- Whysaurus Debate education and analysis with crowd-sourced judging, great for K-12.
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 OA Textbook in Formal Logic
- “Teach yourself logic #1: First order logic” (blog post with good recommendations by Peter Smith at Logic Matters)
Computation/AI
- “Logic and Artificial Intelligence” at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- “Defeasible Reasoning” at Wikipedia
- “Defeasible Reasoning” at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- “Automated Reasoning” at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Common Sense Problem Page
IMPORTANT TEXTS ONLINE
- Classical Rhetoric e-texts (via the ISHR’s excellent resources page)
- De Dialectica, St. Augustine (trans. J. Marchand)
- “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
- Rationale Online, by Kritisch Denken (an excellent web-based argument diagramming program, educational discounts are available)
- Araucaria (free argument mapping software)
- OVA, (Online Visualization of Arguments: an online, drag and drop argument analysis tool for bodies of text.)
- Carneades (free argument mapping software)
- iLogos (free argument mapping software)
- Argument Mapping in Your Subject (a comprehensive resource on argument mapping)
- Automated Argument Assistance (AAA, via Bart Verheij)
- VUE: Visual Understanding Environment (via Tufts University)
- Reasonwell Online, collaborative argument mapping for debates.
- Reddit CMV (Change My View) Perhaps not intended as an instructional project but still useful as a source of arguments and argumentative dialogues.
- Truthmapping Discourse mapping software.
- Agora Computer-Supported Collaborative Argument Visualization
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)
- Fieldguide to Critical Thinking Textbooks (by Cate Hundleby)
- “Informal Logic” at PhilPapers
- “Argumentation” at PhilPapers
- Reason in the Balance blog
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Thanks for the list. I personally like the Coursera series “Think Again”. It is a combination of informal logic, linguistics, philosophy, argument analysis, deductive and inductive reasoning etc. Not too heavy, but deep enough to take away a solid understanding of what the field is about. IT costs money though, so I’m not sure it should be included in the list.
Thanks Cas! I am trying to keep the resources here limited to those not restricted by paywalls, but I’ve seen good things from Coursera before. They’d definitely be worth a look for anyone with the means.
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