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Stephen Toulmin

By robyncorbin

  • Birth

    Birth
    Stephen Toulmin was born March 25, 1922 in London, England.

  • Cambridge

    Cambridge
    Stephen Toulmin earned his bachelors in mathematics and physics from the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England in 1942.

  • Cambridge

    Cambridge
    Stephen Toulmin studied at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England where he earned his doctorate in philosophy in 1948.

  • Oxford

    Oxford
    Stephen Toulmin became a professor at Oxford University in 1949, teaching philosophy of science.

  • An Examination of the Place of Reason in Ethics

    An Examination of the Place of Reason in Ethics
    Stephen Toulmin's first book, An Examination of the Place of Reason in Ethics, enlightened philosophical attention. One of his biggest arguments was that moral philosophers should quit analyzing isolated ethical terms and start examining how ethical judgment facilitates in particular contexts. His style was similar to Aristotle and he advocated moral reasoning be done on a case-by-case basis.

  • Toulmin Model of Arugment

    Toulmin Model of Arugment
    Stephen Toulmin wrote the book, The Uses of Argument, in 1958, explaining the Toulmin model can be used as a tool for developing, analyzing, and categorizing arguments. "Toulmin's general model of 'data' leading to a 'claim', mediated by a 'warrant' with any necessary 'backing', has been very influential as a new standard of logical thinking, particularly among scholars of rhetoric and speech communication."(Nordiquist)
    Toulmin Method

  • Return to Reason

    Return to Reason
    In 2001, Stephen Toulmin's book Return to Reason was published as it "argues that the potential for reason to improve our lives has been hampered by a serious imbalance in our pursuit of knowledge" (Toulmin). These academic disciplines are seen today in economics as well as in law and medicine. Toulmin did not reject the values of science and technology but brought forth awareness of human consequences to discoveries.

  • Death

    Death
    Stephen Toulmin died on December 4, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Over the course of "nearly six decades, Toulmin's research focused on moral reasoning analyses" (Johnson). Areas in the authority on ethics, international relations, history and philosophy of the physical and social sciences, and the history of ideas.

  • Works Cited

    Works Cited
    Padilla, Ricky. “Toulmin Method - YouTube.” YouTube, 20 Sept. 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWnEbMZ0IaA.

  • Works Cited

    Works Cited
    Nordquist, Richard. What is the Toulmin Model of Argument? 04 Jun. 2020, https://www.thoughtco.com/toulmin-model-argument-1692474. Accessed 22 April 2022. Johnson, Pamela J. In Memoriam: Stephen E. Toulmin, 87. 08 Dec. 2009, https://news.usc.edu/30124/In-Memoriam-Stephen-E-Toulmin-87/. Accessed 22 April 2022. Toulmin, Stephen. Return to Reason. 30 Sep. 2003, https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674012356. Accessed 22 April 2022.