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Special functions of premises 44
The link from premises to conclusion 47
Review 53
5 More Effective Reasoning I: Better Claims 55
Well-formed claims 56
Well-founded claims 60
Review 67
6 More Effective Reasoning II: Better Links 69
Effective use of dependent premises 70
Relevance 74
Strength of support 80
Review 86
7 What Kinds of Reasoning are There? 89
Deductive and inductive reasoning 89
Categorical and propositional logic 92
Five types of reasoning 93
Review 100
8 Research, Reasoning, and Analysis 102
Reasoning and analysis 103
Information understood by where we find it 106
Information as it relates to other information 108
Information classified by the topic under investigation 109
Information as it relates to how we are using it 11 1
Direct and indirect sources 11 3
Review 11 7
9 Planning and Creating Your Reasoning 120
The key analytical questions 12 1
Using the analytical structure for planning 127
Review 132
