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Stephen Edelston Toulmin was born in London, United Kingdom to Geoffrey Edelson Toulmin and Doris Holman Toulmin.
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Toulmin earns Bachelor of Arts degree from Cambridge University.
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After WWII, he earned his PhD in ethics at his Alma Mater Cambridge University. While at Cambridge, Professor Toulmin's mentors were Ludwig Wittegnstein and John Wisdom. Toulmin was heavily influenced by Wittengnstein.
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Toulmin was selected to be the university lecturer in the philosophy of science at Oxford University shortly after graduating from Cambridge. During his time as University Lecturer, he published his second book, The Philosophy of Science: and Introduction (1953).
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While at University of Leeds, he wrote one of his most influential books, The Uses of Argument (1958). Through this book the model of arguementation was created.
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By 1972, Toulmin had been living in the Unites States for quite some time. He was currently teaching at the University of California, there he published Human Understanding: The Collective Use and Evolution of Concepts.
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From 1975 to 1978 Toulmin worked with the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects and Behavioral Research. He collaborated with biomedical ethicist and author Albert R. Jonsen, together they co-wrote The Abuse of Casuistry: A History of Moral Reasoning (1988).
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After many years of being professing at The University of Chicago, Dr. Toulmin retired from the University of Southern California. He died on December 4, 2009 in Los Angeles, California
