Basic Rules of Reasoning

Contents: Preface. 1. Basic rules of reasoning: an introduction. 2. Abductive, adaptive, analytic and automated reasoning. 3. Case-based, commonsense, deductive, defeasible and diagrammatic reasoning. 4. Inference emotional and inductive reasoning. 5. Model-based, moral and opportunistic reasoning. 6. Proportional, scriptural and spatial-temporal reasoning. 7. Skill or competence. 8. Implications for cognitive science.

There are numerous books on this subject but there is hardly any book on rules of reasoning. In this book the author has given some wonderful tips for the craftsmanship on reasoning.