Excerpts from the Writings of Stephen Toulmin.

Toulmin, Stephen

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ERIC Number: EJ560157

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Excerpts from the Writings of Stephen Toulmin.

Toulmin, Stephen

Humanities, v18 n2 p12-13,45-48 Mar-Apr 1997

Presents excerpts from Stephen Toulmin's (1996 Jefferson Lecturer for the Humanities) works. The excerpt from, "Wittgenstein's Vienna," concerns the corruption of social standards, norms, and political authority. "The Return to Cosmology" discusses the role of philosophy in postmodern society and reveals surprising antecedents in stoic and epicurean themes. (MJP)

Descriptors: Authors, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Higher Education, Intellectual History, Interdisciplinary Approach, Philosophy, Science and Society, Social Change, Social Environment, Social Systems, Social Values, Sociocultural Patterns, Standards, Western Civilization

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Language: English

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