Uses of argument
Author: Toulmin, Stephen E. Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2003.Edition: Updated ed.Language: EnglishDescription: 247 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780521534833Type of document: BookBibliography/Index: Includes bibliographical references and index
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents Uses of Argument Uses of Argument Preface to the Updated Edition Preface to the Paperback Edition Preface to the First Edition page vii Introduction I. Fields of Argument and Modals The Phases o/an Argument Impossibilities and Irnpopnpneties Force and Criteria The FieldDependence of Our Standards Questionsfor the Agenda 11. Probability I Know, I Promise, Probably 'ImprobableBut True' Improper Claims and Mistaken Claims The Labyrinth of Probability Probability and Expectation Probability-Relationsand Probabilification Is the Word 'Probability'Ambiguous? Probability-Theory and Psychology The Development of Our Probability-Concepts 111. The Layout of Arguments The Pattern of a n Argument: Data and Wawants The Pattern of an Argument: Backing Our Wawants Ambiguities in the Syllogism The Notion of 'UniversalPremises' The Notion of Formal Validity Analytic and Substantial A?guments The Peculiarities of Analytic Arguments Some Crucial Distinctions The P a and of SimpliciQ IV. Working Logic and Idealised Logic A n Hypothesis and Its Cmsequences The Vmication of This Hypothesis The Irrelevance of Analytic Criteria Logical Modalities Logic as a System ofEternal Truths System-Building and Systematic Necessity V. The Origins of Epistemological Theory Further Consequences of Our Hypothesis Can Substantial Arguments be Redeemed? I: Transcendentalism Can Substantial Arguments be Redeemed ? Z: P h o m e n a l k m I and Scepticism Substantial Arguments Do Not Need Redeeming TheJustijication of Induction Intuition and the Mechanisni of Cognition Tha Irrehance of the Analytic Ideal Conclusion References Index
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