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  • The Routledge Handbook of Argumentation Theory

    Edited by Scott Aikin, John Casey, Katharina Stevens ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy
    The Routledge Handbook of Argumentation Theory offers 43 chapters—written specifically for this volume by a team of leading international scholars—that survey a wide spectrum of research on the nature, purpose, and promise of argument and the associated practice of argumentation. Each chapter provides a state-of-the-art survey to help readers understand and engage with the field’s main ideas and ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Why We Argue (And How We Should)

    A Guide to Political Disagreement in an Age of Unreason

    by Scott Aikin, Robert Talisse ...
    Why We Argue (And How We Should): A Guide to Political Disagreement in an Age of Unreason presents an accessible and engaging introduction to the theory of argument, with special emphasis on the way argument works in public political debate. The authors develop a view according to which proper argument is necessary for one’s individual cognitive health; this insight is then expanded to the ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Epictetus’s 'Encheiridion'

    A New Translation and Guide to Stoic Ethics

    by Scott Aikin, William O. Stephens ...
    For anyone approaching the Encheiridion of Epictetus for the first time, this book provides a comprehensive guide to understanding a complex philosophical text. Including a full translation and clear explanatory commentaries, *Epictetus's '*Encheiridion' introduces readers to a hugely influential work of Stoic philosophy. Scott Aikin and William O. Stephens unravel the core themes of Stoic ethics ... Read more

    $23.89 USD

  • Straw Man Arguments

    A Study in Fallacy Theory

    by Scott Aikin, Dr John Casey ...
    This book analyses the straw man fallacy and its deployment in philosophical reasoning. While commonly invoked in both academic dialogue and public discourse, it has not until now received the attention it deserves as a rhetorical device.Scott Aikin and John Casey propose that straw manning essentially consists in expressing distorted representations of one's critical interlocutor. To this end, ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • Epistemology and the Regress Problem

    by Scott Aikin ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
    In the last decade, the familiar problem of the regress of reasons has returned to prominent consideration in epistemology. And with the return of the problem, evaluation of the options available for its solution is begun anew. Reason’s regress problem, roughly put, is that if one has good reasons to believe something, one must have good reason to hold those reasons are good. And for those reasons ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Evidentialism and the Will to Believe

    by Scott Aikin ...
    Work on the norms of belief in epistemology regularly starts with two touchstone essays: W.K. Clifford's "The Ethics of Belief" and William James's "The Will to Believe." Discussing the central themes from these seminal essays, Evidentialism and the Will to Believe explores the history of the ideas governing evidentialism.As well as Clifford's argument from the examples of the shipowner, the ... Read more

    $42.89 USD

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    The Nature, Development, and Teaching of Written Communication

    by M. Farr Whiteman ...
    First Published in 1982. This is Volume 1 of a series on Writing, the nature, development and teaching of written communication and focuses on Variation in Writing: Functional and linguistic-Cultural Differences. The theme of these two volumes, broadly defined, might best be phrased as two questions: How can we learn more about writing? and How can we learn more about the interaction between ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Pragmatism

    The Restoration of Its Scientific Roots

    Edited by Nicholas Rescher ...
    Pragmatism is rooted in the linking of practice and theory. It describes a process where theory is extracted from practice, and applied back to practice to form what is called intelligent practice. Pragmatism was intended, by Charles S. Peirce, its founder, as a doctrine for the rational substantiation of knowledge claims. For Peirce, what mattered was successful prediction and control. Practice ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • A Theory of Argumentation

    by Charles Arthur Willard ...
    Series series Studies in Rhetoric and Communication
    Establishes a theoretical context for, and to elaborate the implications of, the claim that argument is a form of interaction in which two or more people maintain what they construe to be incompatible positionsThe thesis of this book is that argument is not a kind of logic but a kind of communication—conversation based on disagreement. Claims about the epistemic and political effects of argument ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

    The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

    by William B. Irvine ...
    One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine plumbs the wisdom of Stoic philosophy, one of the most popular and successful schools of thought in ancient Rome, and shows how its insight and advice are still remarkably applicable to modern lives. In A Guide ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • How to Be a Stoic

    Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life

    by Massimo Pigliucci ...
    **An engaging guide to how Stoicism—the ancient philosophy of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius—can help us flourish today.“One of the best explorations of Stoic philosophy that I’ve read.” —Timothy Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek**Whenever we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life. No goal is more elusive.In this ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Stoicism and the Art of Happiness

    Practical wisdom for everyday life: embrace perseverance, strength and happiness with stoic philosophy

    by Donald Robertson ...
    This new guide to finding a happier way of life draws on the ancient wisdom of the stoics to reveal lasting truths and proven strategies for enhanced wellbeing. By learning what stoicism is, you can revolutionise your life, learning how to - properly - 'seize the day', how to cope in the face of adversity, and how to come to terms with whatever situation you're in ... Read more

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