800px toulmin argumentation example

Stephen Toulmin March 25 1922 - December 4 2009

  • Toulin Model of Argument

    Toumin's Model of Argument is broken down into six steps:
    1. Claim - overall idea of argument: fact, judgment/value, policy. A claim staked is the ground on an argument one stands on.
    2. Grounds - evidence, source credibility, and analysis and reasoning.
    3. Warrant - inductive reasoning making an inference, Aristotle's three modes of persuasion (ethos, logos, and pathos) and shared value.
    4. Backing - additional evidence/justification
    5. Qualifier - probability of fact
    6. Rebuttal -
  • LOM Program

    Leadership, Organization, and Co-determination
    Toulmin was a main contributor with action research in the LOM Program and analyzing work procedures in a case study to see how employee contributions either helped or depleted a business overall.
  • Toulmin on Aristotle's Ethics

  • Medical Staff and Morality

    Toulmin argues that our "reasoning" no longer means reasoning. Helps nurses with morality vs. rationality situations.