Monday, December 14, 2009

RIP ...

... Stephen Toulmin, a Philosopher and Educator, Dies at 87. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

“He argued that if we want to understand questions of ethics, science and logic, we have to inquire into the everyday situations in which they arise.”

Sounds a bit like casuistry, in the proper sense.

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3 comments:

  1. Dave Lull10:07 AM

    Michael Blowhard provides an introduction to Stephen Toulmin.

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  2. Dave Lull12:05 PM

    From one of the commenters on MB's posting:

    "I first encountered Toulmin when a junior at Bryn Mawr in 1977, at which point he must have been 55. He spoke on casuistry and canon law."

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  3. Frank Wilson12:24 PM

    Score one for me.

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