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Birth
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WWII
Upon graduating in 1942, Taulmin became a junior scientific officer for the Ministry of Aircraft Production, involved in the development of radar -
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Cambridge University
Toulmin began his studies in Physics from 1942-1945, receiving his first degree in Arts -
Dissertation turned book
Toulmin wrote "An Examination of the Place of Reason in Ethics." as his dissertation paper obtaining his PhD in Philosophy. -
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Teaching
He was a professor at Leeds University from 1955 to 1959, during which time The Uses of Argument was published.
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The Uses of Agument
Toulmin's book brought to light the flaws of traditional logic.Looked at as anti-logic by Toulmin's fellow philosophers, the book had a substatial amount of positive feedback in the United States where he went to spend the rest of his teaching career at several schools, along with a year of teaching in Australia. -
Toulmin vs Kuhn
Toulmin wrote Foresight and Understanding: An Enquiry into the Aims of Science which was argued against Kuhn's theory: Structure of Science. In Human Understanding: Volume 1 (1972), Taulmin's work was put up against Kuhn's "revolutionary science" , it never was argued after that. -
Moved to the United States
After received multiple degrees in England, Toulmin spent the rest of his life in a series of professorships at American universities, including Columbia, Stanford, Chicago, Brandeis and Santa Cruz.
https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/jan/10/stephen-toulmin-obituary -
Death
Taulmin died of a progressive heart disease that affects movement of heart muscles.
