The Uses of Argument [Paperback]

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