Stephen Toulmin

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British philosopher human philosopher

Stephen Toulmin was a British philosopher best known for his work on argumentation theory and ethics, particularly his influential model of practical reasoning.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British philosopher → human → philosopher →
academicAdvisor	Ludwig Wittgenstein →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1922-03-25 →
dateOfDeath	2009-12-04 →
educatedAt	King’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED → University of Cambridge NERFINISHED →
employer	Brandeis University → Michigan State University → University of Leeds → University of Oxford NERFINISHED → University of Southern California →
familyName	Toulmin →
fieldOfWork	argumentation theory → ethics → philosophy → philosophy of science → practical reasoning →
genre	non-fiction →
givenName	Stephen →
influenced	argumentation theory → informal logic → rhetoric studies →
influencedBy	British analytic philosophy → Ludwig Wittgenstein →
knownFor	Toulmin model of argumentation → theory of practical reasoning → work on ethics and casuistry →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mainInterest	history of ideas → moral reasoning → reasoning in practical contexts →
movement	ordinary language philosophy →
name	Stephen Toulmin →
notableWork	An Introduction to Reasoning → Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of Modernity → Human Understanding → Return to Reason → The Abuse of Casuistry → The Uses of Argument →
occupation	philosopher → university teacher →
placeOfBirth	London →
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles →
positionHeld	Professor of Philosophy →
spouse	Donna Toulmin →

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Peterhouse, Cambridge →	hasNotableFellow
Stephen Toulmin →	name