{"product_id":"2026100011119-secondhand-the-uses-of-argument","title":"The Uses Of Argument","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most influential works in twentieth-century philosophy of language, The Uses of Argument launched a radical challenge against formal logic's stranglehold on how we understand human reasoning, arguing that the rigid, mathematical models inherited from classical philosophy are wholly inadequate for evaluating the arguments we encounter in everyday life. Toulmin presents a groundbreaking alternative framework — the now-legendary Toulmin Model — which dissects arguments into six functional components: claim, data, warrant, backing, qualifier, and rebuttal, providing thinkers, lawyers, scientists, and rhetoricians with a practical and intuitive anatomy of persuasive discourse.\n\nThough initially met with fierce resistance from the analytic philosophy establishment, this work has since become a cornerstone text in rhetoric, communication studies, and critical thinking pedagogy worldwide. Toulmin's prose is precise yet accessible, combining the rigour of a Cambridge-trained philosopher with a genuine concern for how argument functions in the real, lived world — far removed from the sterile certainties of formal logic. A book that permanently altered the landscape of philosophical inquiry, it leaves the reader questioning not just how we argue, but whether we have ever truly understood what an argument is.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50572920258779,"sku":"2026100011119-SECONDHAND","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7924b8e2-a7dd-4754-a16d-a78c47fe3e3c.png?v=1791167569","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100011119-secondhand-the-uses-of-argument","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}