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1	Uses of Argument more books like this by Toulmin add to wishlist Traditionally, logic has been claimed to be 'the science of rational argument', but the relevance to our everyday disputes of the formal logician's results has remained unclear. The abstract character of traditional logic cuts the subject off from practical considerations; Mr Toulmin enquires why this is so, and shows how an alternative conception ... see all copies from $6.49! new only from $22.52! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of Modernity more books like this by Stephen Toulmin add to wishlist In the 17th century, a vision arose which was to captivate the Western imagination for the next 300 years: the vision of Cosmopolis, a society as rationally ordered as the Newtonian view of nature. While fueling extraordinary advances in all fields of human endeavour, this vision perpetuated a hidden yet persistent agenda: the delusion that human ... see all copies from $8.95! new only from $12.95! \| first editions
3	Wittgenstein's Vienna more books like this by Allan Janik, Stephen E Toulmin add to wishlist The life and culture of Hapsburg, Vienna before World War I--the city of Freud, Schoenberg, Klimt, and Wittgenstein, whose philosophy announced the birth of the modern era. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.73! \| first editions \| SVS
4	An Introduction to Reasoning more books like this by Stephen Edelston Toulmin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $58.94! \| SVS
5	The Discovery of Time more books like this by Stephen Edelston Toulmin, June Goodfield add to wishlist One of three companion volumes that form an introduction to the central ideas of the modern natural sciences, this book is a source for those who have no technical knowledge in the subject of time. see all copies from $4.74! new only from $25.93! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Return to Reason more books like this by Stephen Toulmin add to wishlist In RETURN TO REASON, Stephen Toulmin discusses the difference between reasonableness and rationality, the mistrust of practical wisdom, and the overdependence on abstract theories throughout Western culture. This imbalance is not isolated in a few disciplines, Toulmin argues, but is pervasive and has led to the "cultural demise" that is ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $22.05! \| SVS
7	Foresight & Understanding: An Enquiry Into the Aims of Science more books like this by Stephen Toulmin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
8	The Fabric of the Heavens: The Development of Astronomy and Dynamics more books like this by Stephen Edelston Toulmin add to wishlist Conceived as three companion volumes that form an introduction to the central ideas of the modern natural sciences, these books--intelligent, informative, and accessible--are an excellent source for those who have no technical knowledge of the subject. Praise for The Fabric of the Heavens: "I cannot remember when I last went through a book, any ... see all copies from $3.19! new only from $17.71! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The architecture of matter more books like this by Stephen Edelston Toulmin, June Goodfield add to wishlist One of three companion volumes that form an introduction to the central ideas of the modern natural sciences, this book is a source for those who have no technical knowledge in the subject of the architecture of matter. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Abuse of Casuistry: A History of Moral Reasoning more books like this by Mr. Albert R Jonsen, Stephen E Toulmin add to wishlist IN see all copies from $15.99! new only from $28.95! \| SVS
11	Human Understanding more books like this by Stephen Edelston Toulmin add to wishlist see all copies from $28.76! new only from $197.81! \| first editions
12	Fabric of Heaven: The Devolopement of Astronomy and Dynamics more books like this by Stephen Toulmin, June Goodfield add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.98! \| SVS
13	The Philosophy of Science more books like this by Stephen Toulmin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
14	What I do not believe, and other essays. more books like this by Norwood Russell Hanson, Stephen Edelston Toulmin, Harry Woolf add to wishlist see all copies from $47.28! new only from $159.16! \| first editions \| SVS
15	An Examination of the Place of Reason in Ethics more books like this by Stephen Edelston Toulmin add to wishlist see all copies from $2.90! first editions
16	The Philosophical Papers of Alan Donagan, Volume 1: Historical Understanding and the History of Philosophy more books like this by Alan Donagan, J E Malpas (Editor), Stephen Toulmin (Designer) add to wishlist Alan Donagan is known for his theories on the history of philosophy and the nature of morality. The two volumes of his "Philosophical Papers" collect 28 of Donagan's most important and best-known essays on historical understanding and ethics from 1957 to 1991, including two never-before-published papers on the history of philosophy as a discipline ... see all copies from $11.39! new only from $60.00! \| first editions
17	Metaphysical beliefs; three essays more books like this by Stephen Edelston Toulmin, Ronald W. Hepburn, Alasdair C. MacIntyre add to wishlist see all copies from $10.80! first editions
18 view cover	The Return to Cosmology: Postmodern Science and the Theology of Nature more books like this by Stephen Edelston Toulmin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19 view cover	The Later Works of John Dewey, Volume 4, 1925 - 1953: The Quest for Certainty more books like this by John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston (Editor), Stephen Toulmin (Designer) add to wishlist This volume provides an authoritative edition of Dewey's "The Quest for Cer-tainty: A Study of the Relation Between Knowledge and Action. "The book is made up of the Gifford Lectures deliv-ered April-May 1929 at the University of Edinburgh. Writing to Sidney Hook, Dewey described this work as "a criti-cism of philosophy as attempting to at-tain ... see all copies from $50.00! new only from $66.62! \| first editions
20	Knowing and Acting: An Invitation to Philosophy more books like this by Stephen Edelston Toulmin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21 view cover	Rethinking Knowledge: Reflections Across the Disciplines more books like this by Robert F Goodman (Editor), Walter R Fisher (Editor), Stephen Toulmin (Foreword by) add to wishlist This book explores issues of modernism and postmodernism in relation to knowledge: methods of inquiry, operations of the mind, the role of values, conceptions of self, and the problematic of reason. Among the distinguished contributors are Michael Arbib, Aaron Ben-Zeev, Helen Couclelis, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Jane Flax, George E. Marcus, Donald ... see all copies from $20.95! new only from $20.95! \| first editions
22	The Place of Reason in Ethics more books like this by Stephen Toulmin add to wishlist see all copies from $6.92! first editions
23	The Discovery of Time more books like this by June Goodfield, Stephen Toulmin add to wishlist see all copies from $4.00! first editions
24	The Abuse of Casuistry: A History of Moral Reasoning more books like this by Albert R. Josen, Albert R. Jonsen, Stephen E. Toulmin add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00! first editions
25 view cover	The Later Works of John Dewey, Volume 4, 1925 - 1953: 1929: The Quest for Certainty more books like this by Stephen Toulmin, John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston (Editor) add to wishlist This volume provides an authoritative edition of Dewey's "The Quest for Cer-tainty: A Study of the Relation Between Knowledge and Action. "The book is made up of the Gifford Lectures deliv-ered April-May 1929 at the University of Edinburgh. Writing to Sidney Hook, Dewey described this work as "a criti-cism of philosophy as attempting to at-tain ... see all copies from $18.92! new only from $199.14!

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