Arguing on the Toulmin Model: New Essays in Argument Analysis and Evaluation

by David Hitchcock

Book Overview

Summarizing, in The Uses of Argument Toulmin emphasized a number of points that are by now familiar, but still deserve attention: 1. Reasoning and argument involve not only support for points of view, but also attack against them. 2. Reasoning can have qualified conclusions. 3. There are other good types of argument than those of standard formal logic. 4. Unstated assumptions linking premisses to a conclusion are better thought of as inference licenses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048172330
• ISBN13: 9789048172337
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"