Hodges, W., 1977, Logic, Penguin Books, Harmondsworth.

Toulmin, S. E., 2003, The Uses of Argument (updated edition), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge ISBN 978-0-521-53483-3

van Eemeren, F. H., & Grootendorst, R., 2004, A Systematic Theory of Argumentation: the pragma-dialectical approach, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Van Horn, K. S., 2003, Constructing a logic of plausible inference: A guide to Cox’s theorem, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 34: 3–24, available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0888613X03000513

Other Texts and Resources on Argumentation

Ormerod, R. J., 2010, Rational inference: deductive, inductive and probabilistic thinking, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 61, 1207 –1223

Raff, J., 2017, How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists, LSE Impact Blog, available at: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2016/05/09/how-to-read-and-understand-a-scientific-paper-a-guide-for-non-scientists/

Scheuer, O., Loll, F., Pinkwart, N. & McLaren, B. M., 2009, Computer-supported argumentation: A review of the state of the art,  International Society of the Learning Sciences, Inc.; Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010, available at:  https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bmclaren/pubs/ScheuerEtAl-CompSupportedArgStateOfTheArt-IJCSCL2010.pdf

Thouless, R. H., 1953, Straight and Crooked Thinking, Pan Books Ltd., London.

Other Relevant Background Material

Duke, A., 2018, Thinking in Bets: Making smarter decisions when you don’t have all the facts, Portfolio/Penguin, New York.

Hallman, C., 2021, 50 Cognitive Biases to be Aware of so You Can be the Very Best Version of You, TitleMax, https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/lifestyle/50-cognitive-biases-to-be-aware-of-so-you-can-be-the-very-best-version-of-you/  [A curiosity!  This is published on the website of an American loans company; it’s an excellent summary.]

Steenbergen, M., Bächtiger, A., Spörndli, M. et al. 2003, Measuring Political Deliberation: A Discourse Quality Index. Comp Eur Polit 1, 21–48 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.cep.6110002

Surowiecki, J., 2004, The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the many are smarter than the few, Little, Brown, London.