Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Notes -- Part One Essays on Logic, Argumentation Theory, and Computer Science -- 1 "Notes towards a Formal Conversation Theory" -- Introduction: Conversation Theory versus Dialectic -- CT versus Gricean Analysis -- Rules in CT -- Some Simple C-games -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliographical Appendix -- Notes -- 2 "Is there a Case for Ad Hominem Arguments?" -- 3 "Are Fallacies Common? A Look at Two Debates" -- Fallacies of Ignoring the Issue -- False Cause -- Ad populum -- Ad hominem Attacks -- Notes -- 4 My review of Logical Dialogue-Games and Fallacies -- 5 "The Nature of the Argumentum Ad Baculum" -- Notes -- 6 My review of: Logic: A Computer Approach -- 7 "Erotetic Logic as a Specification Language for Database Queries," -- Introduction: An Overview of Fourth-Generation Logics -- A Formal Erotetic System -- Formal queries -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 8 "Dialog as an Abstract Data Type" -- Bibliography -- 9 My review of: Expert Systems: Artificial Intelligence in Business -- 10 "Hedging as a Fallacy of Language" -- Notes -- 11 "Fallacies are Common" -- Notes -- 12 My review of Logics for Artificial Intelligence -- 13 "Does Virtue Epistemology Provide a Better Account of the Ad Hominem Argument? A Reply to Christopher Johnson" -- Notes -- Part Two Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, and Philosophy of Psychology/Cognitive Science -- 14 "The Concept of a Discovery" -- Discovering-It and Discovering-That -- Discovering-How -- Discovering-Why -- Notes -- 15 My review of: The Foundations of Psychoanalysis -- 16 "Science and Common Sense" -- Notes -- 17 "Two Problems of Induction" -- Introduction -- Is There a Third Evidential Relation? -- Paradigm Inductive Arguments and Their Interrelations -- Traditional Inductive Arguments and Context-Dependency -- Dialectic and Induction -- Notes.

18 "Epistemologies and Apologies" -- Notes -- 19 My review of: The Myth of Neurosis: Overcoming the Illness Excuse -- 20 My review of: The Mind's New Science: A History of the Cognitive Revolution -- 21 "The Role of Error in Computer Science" -- Bibliography -- 22 My review of: A Skeptic's Dictionary -- 23 My review of: Unauthorized Freud -- 24 My review of: Remembering Trauma -- Part Three Ethical Theory, Applied Ethics, and Social/Political Philosophy -- 25 "Deontologism and Dialectic" -- 26 "Dialectic and Desiderata" -- Notes -- 27 "On the Nonexistence of Computer Ethics" -- Computers and Social Relationships -- Computers and Privacy -- Software Ownership and Liability -- Computers and Dehumanization -- A Possible Criticism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 28 My review of: Libertarianism For and Against -- 29 "The Market for Body Parts" -- Notes -- 30 "The Ethics of Tort Reform" -- Notes -- 31 "The Ethics of Closed Shops" -- Defining terms -- The essay -- Notes -- 32 "The Ethical Case for Boycotting Chrysler and GM" -- Notes -- 33 "The Case for Free Trade" -- Notes -- 34 My review of: Happiness, Economics, and Public Policy -- Notes -- 35 My review of A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy -- Part Four Miscellany -- 36 "Is the Soul-Making Defense Sound?" -- Notes -- 37 "Roadblocks to Research: One Part-Timer's View" -- 38 My review of: Can Modern War Be Just? -- 39 "Using Philosophical Dilemmas to Teach Composition" -- 40 My review of: Abusing Science: The Case against Creationism -- 41 My review of: Profiles, Probabilities, and Stereotypes -- 42 My review of Explaining Postmodernism -- Index.