Inferring & Explaining

In Winter Quarter 2017 I received a grant from the Library at Portland State University to write and publish an Open Textbook, Inferring & Explaining. The book is intended for use in my PHL 201 Introduction to Philosophy and PHL 320 Critical Thinking courses. Here is the current draft of the book.

Chapter One — Valuing Truth (Current draft 082217)
Chapter Two — Skepticism (Current draft 082217)
Chapter Three — The Concept of Knowledge (Current draft 082217)
Chapter Four — Arguments (Current draft 082217)
Chapter Five — Inference to the Best Explanation (Current draft 082217)
Chapter Six — Evidence and Explanation (Current draft 082317)
Chapter Seven — New Data and Experimentation (Current draft 082317)
Chapter Eight — Semmelweis and Childbed Fever: A Case Study (Current draft 082317)
Chapter Nine — Darwin and Common Descent (Current draft 082317)
Chapter Ten — Testimony (Current draft 082317)
Chapter Eleven — Textual Interpretation (Current draft 082417)
Chapter Twelve — Capital Punishment and the Constitution (Current draft 082417)
Chapter Thirteen — Statistics (Current draft 082417)
Chapter Fourteen — Correlations and Causes (Current Draft 082517)
Chapter Fifteen — Evidence, Explanation, and Narrative (FIRST DRAFT 082517)