Helpful books and resources

A Practical Study of Argument, by
Trudy Govier

If you were only going to buy one book to help with Arguments in Action this is the one I would be recommending. It does have some material on argument diagrams but where it really excels is with the evaluation of arguments using the acceptability, relevance and sufficiency criteria. Govier prefers the term ‘good grounds’ to sufficiency but it means the same thing. There is much more here than is needed by someone following the Higher course but its clarity and large number of examples makes it an invaluable resource.

This book is one of those recommended in the Sept 2018 Course Specification.

It is worth noting that it uses slightly different definitions for inductive argument and cogent compared to those used previously in Higher Philosophy.