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Paper Instructions:

The argument form Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE) is so common as to be essentially unrecognized in everyday
life. When we examine the form of the argument carefully, we can see ways to evaluate these arguments that make our
reasoning stronger. Our explanations can be clearer and more persuasive, and crafting good explanations is an essential
part of critical reasoning.
Read the target article and the Supplemental Note on IBE in Blackboard and then write a three-page essay that does the
following.
1. Identifies the phenomenon to be explained
2. Identifies the candidate explanations
3. Presents the IBE in standard form
4. Explains how the “winning” explanation was chosen
5. Evaluates the authors’ reasoning about that explanation
Running a little bit short is fine, but by no more than half a page. Do not go over three pages. I will stop reading at three
pages, and if you have something to say after that, I won’t see it. (If you think that you absolutely must go over three
pages, check with me first so that we can go over what you are trying to say. Such requests will not necessarily be