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Born in London, UK.
Youtube short for Toulmin argument model:
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Cambridge University -
This was his Doctoral dissertation and explores how reasoning plays a part in ethical judgments while also covering how emotions and values can impact ethical reasoning. Toulmin, Stephen Edelston. An examination of the place of reason in ethics. CUP Archive, 1950. -
Toulmin explores the history of the philosophy of science and uses examples of at-the-time theoretical models, (of electrons, for example) to speak to the relationship and usefullness, or lack of, when using theory and scientific explination. Toulmin, Stephen. The philosophy of science. London: Hutchinson, 1953. -
Toulmin writes about the role of argumentation in various contexts, including law, politics, and science. There is a focus on the structure of arguments rather than the content, and how that can help us understand how arguments can be shaped or progress.. Toulmin, Stephen E. The uses of argument. Cambridge university press, 2003. -
In this publication, Toulmin writes about scientific paradigms as evolutionary, and not revolutionary as suggested by Kuhn. This evolutionary paradigm concept involves innovation, selection, and replacement over current or competing models. Toulmin, Stephen. Human understanding: General introduction and part I. No. 165 TOU. 1972. -
Los Angeles, CA.