Stephen Toulmin (1922–2009) was a British philosopher. First outlined in The Uses of Argument, his model for analyzing arguments has had a lasting influence on fields as diverse as law, computer science and communications theory. Toulmin’s other works include The Abuse of Casuistry: A History of Moral Reasoning and Return to Reason.
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A Question of Character
June 28, 1990
Schrödinger: Life and Thought by Walter Moore
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Grinding Axes
April 28, 1988
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Varieties of Antifascism
March 17, 1988
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The Conscientious Spy
November 19, 1987
Klaus Fuchs, Atom Spy by Robert Chadwell Williams
Klaus Fuchs: The Man Who Stole the Atom Bomb by Norman Moss
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Evolving Margaret Mead
February 28, 1985
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The Evolution of Margaret Mead
December 6, 1984
Margaret Mead: A Life by Jane Howard
With a Daughter’s Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson by Mary Catherine Bateson
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Turing & the System
April 26, 1984
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Fall of a Genius
January 19, 1984
Alan Turing: The Enigma
by Andrew Hodges
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The Charm of the Scout
April 3, 1980
Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity
by Gregory Bateson
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Revelations of Vygotsky
January 25, 1979
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The Mozart of Psychology
September 28, 1978
Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes
by L.S. Vygotsky, edited by Michael Cole, by Vera John-Steiner, by Sylvia Scribner, by Ellen Souberman
The Psychology of Art by L.S. Vygotsky
Soviet Developmental Psychology: An Anthology edited by Michael Cole
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Back to Nature
June 9, 1977
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence by Carl Sagan
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A Biology of Russian Dolls
July 18, 1974
The Logic of Life: A History of Heredity by François Jacob, translated by Betty E. Spillman
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French Toast
December 16, 1971
Chance and Necessity by Jacques Monod, translated by Austryn Wainhouse
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Pill
August 1, 1968
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The Book of Arthur
April 11, 1968
The Ghost in the Machine by Arthur Koestler
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Progressive Man
March 3, 1966
Science in History by J.D. Bernal
Society and Science
edited by Maurice Goldsmith, edited by Alan Mackay
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The Physicist as Philosopher
April 22, 1965
Essays 1958-1962 on Atomic Physics and Human Knowledge by Niels Bohr
My View of the World by Erwin Schrödinger
The Relevance of Science by C.F. von Weizsäcker
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The Age of Biology
December 31, 1964
New Patterns in Genetics and Development by C.H. Waddington
The Nature of Life by C.H. Waddington
The Life of the Cell: Its Nature, Origin and Basic Development by J.A.V. Butler
The Biochemical Approach to Life by F.R. Jevons
Genetics and Man by C.D. Darlington
Heredity and the Nature of Man by Theodosius Dobzhansky
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The Importance of Norbert Wiener
September 24, 1964
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Letters
May 14, 1964
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Relativity Since Einstein
March 19, 1964
Philosophical Problems of Space and Time by Adolph Grünbaum