ABSTRACT
This chapter covers the standard kind of inductive arguments (e.g., statistical syllogism, inference to the best explanation, inductive generalization, analogical inference), and includes discussions of psychological factors which may warp our assessment of such arguments, e.g., the representativeness heuristic, the availability heuristic, and confirmation bias. It also introduces argument maps that capture relations of defeat in addition to relations of support, something that is particularly useful in assessing inductive arguments.
