About this title: 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 can be of more general value. Starting from an examination of the actual procedures in different fields of argument - the practice, as opposed to the theory, of logic - he discloses a richer variety than is allowed for by any available system. He ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1958-01-01
ISBN-13:9780521092302ISBN:0521092302
Description: Fair. First edition (reprint), as shown. Highlighting on approx. ten pages, light wear to corners. Store stickers on the cover. ISBN 0521092302. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521534833ISBN:0521534836
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Description: A Very Good book and a Very Good dustjacket. Slight tanning and spotting to the page edges and the dustjacket edges along the fore-edge of the book. 264 pages. read more
Edition: REV Edition Number is 2
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780521534833ISBN:0521534836
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 8.98 by.71 inches. (262 pages) has been an enduring source of inspiration and discussion for more than forty years. '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'in spite of initial criticisms from logicians and fellow ... read more
Edition: 2 REV ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780521534833ISBN:0521534836
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 262 pages. (262 pages) has been an enduring source of inspiration and discussion for more than forty years. edition 2 rev ed (Paperback) read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2003-07-14
ISBN-13:9780521827485ISBN:0521827485
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Description: Reader copy. Paperback. cover and corner wear. water damaged. book is stained inside both covers and several pages. stained on book edge. wavy pages. underlining. other markings. spine is cracked. read more
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Description: Very Good in Paperback jacket. 8vo. pp. vi 264. "This book extends into general philosophy lines of enquiry already sketched by Mr Toulmin in his earlier books on ethics and the philosophy of science. The ordinary reader will find in it the same clarity and intelligibility; and the professional philosopher will acknowledge the same power to break new ground (and circumvent old difficulties) by posing fresh and stimulating questions. ' read more
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