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)