Stephen Toulmin, R.I.P.

[tbieter]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/educa ... .html?_r=1

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.

In his seminal book The Uses of Argument (Cambridge University Press, 1958), he outlined the argument model. The book investigates the flaws of traditional logic, maintaining that some aspects of arguments can vary from field to field, while other aspects are consistent throughout all fields

I HAVE READ SEVERAL OF HIS BOOKS. VERY GOOD

I SEEM TO RECALL THAT I READ SOMEWHERE THAT TOULMIN WAS PRESENT AT WITTGENSTEIN/POPPER POKER INCIDENT? CAN ANYBODY CLARIFY?

[Rortabend]

Toulmin was present at the poker incident. He was a great man and a great philosopher. He was one of the founders of the HPS department in which I studied. His role in creating what we now think of as philosophy of science is often overlooked. Perhaps with his death this oversight will be remedied.

[tbieter]

Toulmin was present at the poker incident. He was a great man and a great philosopher. He was one of the founders of the HPS department in which I studied. His role in creating what we now think of as philosophy of science is often overlooked. Perhaps with his death this oversight will be remedied.

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