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Birth
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Summary 1
Toulmin was born in 1922 in London England. He was known for his notable idea called "Toulmin model". Good alma mater was King's college, Cambridge. His main interest where meta-philosophy, rhetoric, ethics, argumentation and Modernity. Toulmin married to a woman named Donna, receiving the last name Toulmin after marriage. The marriage date is unknown, but they stayed married until death. -
Degree
Bachelors of arts at Kings college -
Degree
Masters in art at the end of world war 2, and a PhD in philosophy from Cambridge University -
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Appointed University lecture
After graduating from Cambridge, he was appointed University lecture in philosophy of science at Oxford University -
Thesis
Published his dissertation as "An examination of the place of reason in ethics" -
Summary 2
Toulmin had 18 books and 3 films. The film's where: The Perfection of Matter, The Examined Life, and, A Glorious Accident. His books include: The uses of argument, Return to reason, Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda, An introduction to reasoning, Human understanding, The architecture of matter, The Discovery of Time, The philosophy of science, The abuse of Casuistry, The return to cosmology, Metaphysical belief, and, An Examination of the Place of Reason in Ethics, to name a few. -
Book
Put out his second book "the philosophy of science: an introduction" -
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Appointed
Appointed to the position of visiting professor of "history and philosophy of science" at Melbourne University in Australia -
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Professor and Head of
Professor and head of the department of philosophy at the University of Leeds -
Book
Published one of his most influential books in the field of to rhetoric, "the uses of argument" -
Visiting Professor
Visiting professor at New York, Stanford and Columbia University -
Director
Hello position of director of the unit for "history of ideas" of the Nuffield foundation -
Film
Screenplay in "the perfection of matter" -
Literary executor
Served as literary executor for close friends N.R. Hanson, helping in the posthumous publication of several volumes -
Book
Published "human understanding: the collective use and evolution of concepts" at University of California, Santa Cruz -
Book Collaboration
While a professor in the committee on social thought at the University of Chicago, he collaborated with Allen Janik, a philosophy professor at La Salle University, on the book " Wittgenstein's Vienna". -
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Work
Worked with the National Commission for the protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behaviour research, established by the United States Congress -
Book Collaboration
Collaborated with Albert R. Jonsen to write "The abuse of Casuistry: A history of moral reasoning" -
Book
Wrote the book "Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of Modernity" whole holding the position of the Avalon Foundation Professor of the Humanities at Northwestern University. -
Movie
Actor in "A Glorious Accident" -
Jefferson Lecture
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), selected Toulmin for the Jefferson Lecture, the United States Federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities. -
Movie
Actor in "the examined life" -
Decoration
Received the Australian decloration of science and art -
Death
Died of heart failure at the age of 87 in Los Angeles, California -
Summary 3
Toulmin devoted his works to the analysis of moral reasoning. He bought to develope practical arguments, which can be used effectively in evaluating the ethics behind moral issues. The Toulmin Model of argumentation, a diagram containing six interrelated components used for analyzing arguments, and published in his book "The Uses of Argument", was considered his most influential work, particularly in the field of rhetoric and communication, and in computer science. Source:Google