Reasoning for intelligence analysts : a multidimensional approach of traits, techniques, and targets /: a multidimensional approach of traits, techniques, and targets. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Noel Hendrickson, Associate Professor in the Intelligence Analysis Program at James Madison University.
• Authors: Hendrickson, Noel, 1974-
• Contents: Intro; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. THE BACKGROUND TO REASONING FOR INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS; Chapter 1. An Introduction to Reasoning (Basic Epistemology and Logic); Chapter 2. An Introduction to Intelligence Analysis; Chapter 3. An Introduction to the Information Age; Part II. THE THEORY OF REASONING FOR INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS: Paradigms of Reasoning in General; Chapter 4. Important Extant Approaches to Reasoning: The Structural, Informal Logical, and Elements of the Mind Paradigms. Chapter 5. The Multidimensional Approach to Reasoning: Introducing the Personal, Procedural, and Problem-Specific DimensionsChapter 6. The Personal Dimension of Reasoning: Ideal Reasoning as Virtues to Embody; Chapter 7. The Procedural Dimension of Reasoning: Ideal Reasoning as Rules to Follow; Chapter 8. The Problem-Specific Dimension of Reasoning: Ideal Reasoning as Questions to Ask; Part III. THE PRACTICE OF REASONING FOR INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS: Methods of Reasoning in General; Chapter 9. How to Know Your Personal Characteristics as an Analyst: The Method of â#x80;#x9C;Analytic Balance Checkâ#x80;#x9D. Chapter 10. How to Know Your Process of Analysis: The Method of â#x80;#x9C;Analytic Process Reflectionâ#x80;#x9D;Chapter 11. How to Know the Right Problem for Analysis: The Method of â#x80;#x9C;Analytic Problem Classificationâ#x80;#x9D;; Part IV. THE THEORY OF HYPOTHESIS DEVELOPMENT FOR INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS: Paradigms of Reasoning about â#x80;#x9C;What Is Happening?â#x80;#x9D;; Chapter 12. Important Extant Approaches to Hypothesis Development: The Falisificationist, Bayesian, and Explanationist Paradigms; Chapter 13. The Multidimensional Approach to Hypothesis Development: Introducing the Idea, Information, and Implication Dimensions. Part V. THE PRACTICE OF HYPOTHESIS DEVELOPMENT FOR INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS: Methods of Reasoning about â#x80;#x9C;What Is Happening?â#x80;#x9D;Chapter 14. How to Generate New Ideas: The Method of â#x80;#x9C;Dialectical Hypothesis Generationâ#x80;#x9D;; Chapter 15. How to Develop the Most Plausible Hypothesis: The Method of â#x80;#x9C;Triadic Hypothesis Developmentâ#x80;#x9D;; Chapter 16. How to Recognize What Has Been Taken for Granted: The Method of â#x80;#x9C;Underlying Assumptions Triangulationâ#x80;#x9D;; Part VI. THE THEORY OF CAUSAL ANALYSIS FOR INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS: Paradigms of Reasoning about â#x80;#x9C;Why Is This Happening?â#x80;#x9D. Chapter 17. Important Extant Approaches to Causal Analysis: The Probabilistic, Interventionist, and Systems Dynamics ParadigmsChapter 18. The Multidimensional Approach to Causal Analysis: Introducing the Sequence, System, and Surprise Dimensions; Part VII. THE PRACTICE OF CAUSAL ANALYSIS FOR INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS: Methods of Reasoning about â#x80;#x9C;Why Is This Happening?â#x80;#x9D;; Chapter 19. How to Identify Individual Connections: The Method of â#x80;#x9C;Comparative Influence Classificationâ#x80;#x9D;; Chapter 20. How to Identify Collective Connections: The Method of â#x80;#x9C;Causal Loop Diagrammingâ#x80;#x9D. Chapter 21. How to Identify Unexpected Connections (and How Something Is Partly an Unintended Consequence): The Method of â#x80;#x9C;Background Shift Analysisâ#x80;#x9D.
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 327.12; Political Science: Intelligence & Espionage; Intelligence service; Domestic intelligence; Reasoning; Reasoning (Psychology); POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General; Domestic intelligence; Intelligence service; Reasoning; Reasoning (Psychology); Political Science: Reference; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781442272323; 1442272325
• Related ISBNs: 9781442272309
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 23, 2018).
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