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Born
Stephen Edelston Toulmin was born in London, England. -
Oxford University
Stephen Toulmin was a lecturer in the philosophy of science, exploring reasoning in law, ethics, politics, and medicine as well ("Stephen Toulmin - Biography"). His influence came from his former teacher, Ludwig Wittenstein, an Australian-Britisher philosopher of language, the mind, and mathematics. "Stephen Toulmin - Biography" Survey of World Philosophers Ed. John K. Roth. eNotes.com, Inc. 2000 eNotes.com 20 Oct, 2018 http://www.enotes.com/topics/stephen-toulmin#biography-stephen-toulmin -
The First Book
An Examination of the Place of Reason in Ethics talks about what makes a good moral philosopher. He argued that instead of focusing on the ethical terms themselves that people should determine how ethical judgement works in a given situation (O'Grady 2010). O'Grady, Jane. “Stephen Toulmin Obituary.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 10 Jan. 2010, www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/jan/10/stephen-toulmin-obituary. -
The Uses of Argument-Book
"Toulmin’s most influential work was the Toulmin Model of Argumentation. In it, he identified six elements of a persuasive argument: claim, grounds, arrant, backing, qualifier and rebuttal. (Johnson 2012)" This was all identified in his book. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKThdFxh4HI}(http://www.timetoast.com) Johnson, Pamela J. “In Memoriam: Stephen E. Toulmin, 87.” USC News, 4 Apr. 2012, news.usc.edu/30124/In-Memoriam-Stephen-E-Toulmin-87/. -
The Abuse of Casuistry: A History of Moral Reasoning
One definition given by dictionary.com is: 1. [etc.,] fallacious or dishonest application of general principles; sophistry.
In this book, Toulmin gives history as to how and why this word began and the role it plays in bioethics, and any other ethics. His goal "is not to rehabilitate the word but rather the art to which the word 'casuistry' refers, [etc.] ( Hoose 1991)." -
Death
Died of heart failure.
