The Uses of Argument / Edition 2

by Stephen E. Toulmin

Overview

This reissue of the modern classic on the study of argumentation features a new Introduction by the author.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521534833
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	07/07/2003
Edition description:	Updated edition
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	5.47(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.71(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Fields of argument and modals; 2. Probability; 3. The layout of arguments; 4. Working logic and idealised logic; 5. The origins of epistemological theory; Conclusion.

Editorial Reviews

"In spite of initial criticisms from logicians and fellow philosophers, The Uses of Argument has been an enduring source of inspiration and discussion to students of argumentation from all kinds of disciplinary background for more than forty years." Frans van Eemeren, University of Amsterdam

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