斯蒂芬·图尔敏(Stephen E.Toulmin，1922―2009)出生于英国伦敦，1948年在剑桥大学以数理逻辑研究获得博士学位，后长期任教于美国的大学，讲授科学哲学、逻辑学和伦理学课程。他的著述有力地论述了传统形式逻辑的局限性，主张用“实践逻辑”补充形式逻辑的不足，提出了在今天国际逻辑和论证研究中*有影响力的“图尔敏论证模型”。

斯蒂芬·图尔敏(Stephen E.Toulmin，1922―2009)出生于英国伦敦，1948年在剑桥大学以数理逻辑研究获得博士学位，后长期任教于美国的大学，讲授科学哲学、逻辑学和伦理学课程。他的著述有力地论述了传统形式逻辑的局限性，主张用“实践逻辑”补充形式逻辑的不足，提出了在今天国际逻辑和论证研究中*有影响力的“图尔敏论证模型”。

斯蒂芬·图尔敏(Stephen E.Toulmin，1922―2009)出生于英国伦敦，1948年在剑桥大学以数理逻辑研究获得博士学位，后长期任教于美国的大学，讲授科学哲学、逻辑学和伦理学课程。他的著述有力地论述了传统形式逻辑的局限性，主张用“实践逻辑”补充形式逻辑的不足，提出了在今天国际逻辑和论证研究中*有影响力的“图尔敏论证模型”。

A central theme throughout the impressive series of philosophical books and articles Stephen Toulmin has published since 1948 is the way in which assertions and opinions concerning all sorts of topics, brought up in everyday life or in academic research, can be rationally justified. Is there one universal system of norms, by which all sorts of arguments in all sorts of fields m...(展开全部)

In these widely praised essays, Calvino reflects on literature as process, the great narrative game in the course of which writer and reader are challenged to understand the world. Calvino himself made the selection of pieces to be included in this volume. Translated by Patrick Creagh. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

理查德•霍加特（Richard Hoggart，1918—2014），英国学者，主要治学领域为社会学、英语文学和文化研究，曾任伯明翰大学现代英语文学教授、伦敦大学戈德史密斯学院院长等职，也曾担任联合国教科文组织总干事助理。

In these widely praised essays, Calvino reflects on literature as process, the great narrative game in the course of which writer and reader are challenged to understand the world. Calvino himself made the selection of pieces to be included in this volume. Translated by Patrick Creagh. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

This summa on higher education brings the research university into the new century. The multiversity that Clark Kerr so presciently discovered now finds itself in an age of apprehension with few certainties. Leaders of institutions of higher learning can be either hedgehogs or foxes in the new age. Kerr gives five general points of advice on what kinds of attitudes universities...(展开全部)

约瑟夫·M. 威廉姆斯(Joseph M. Williams) 芝加哥大学英语语言文学教授，先锋写作项目创始人。代表作《风格：写作的清晰与优雅》（Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace）广受欢迎。 格雷戈里·G. 科洛姆(Gregory G. Colomb) 弗吉尼亚大学英语语言文学教授。 他们和韦恩 C. 布斯（Wayne C. Booth）曾在芝加哥大学联合讲授高级写作课程，并一同出版了《研究是一门艺术；撰写学术论文、调查报告、研究著作的权威指南》 （The Craft of Research），销量近百万册。 译者简介： 闾佳，资深翻译工作者，主攻通俗经济学、社会心理学、经济管理及科普方向的非虚构类作品，现已出版多部广受好评的翻译作品。并曾在各类涉外会议中担任现场/陪同翻译。

The Craft of Argument is designed to help integrate the skills of writing, critical thinking, and arguing for the purpose of enabling the writer to write arguments that are clear, sound, and persuasive.