Jacqueline D Hicks
The Toulmin argument was developed by Stephen Toulmin, a modern English philosopher. It consists a six part model and has been useful to many people in explaining the essential parts of an argument. The first three parts are present in every argument they are the claim, the data, and the warrant. The other three parts are used as needed to strengthen the argument these parts are the backing, the rebuttal, and the qualifier. The claim itself is followed by the support which is information to back up the claim, the unspoken part of the argument, the assumption that the author hopes the audience shares is the warrant. The other three parts of the Toulmin are basically there to help the first three parts if needed, the backing supports the warrant if suppose the audience does not agree. The rebuttal is the unless part of the argument basically why or why not and the qualifier demonstrates the probability of the argument.
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You're right, the 1st 3 parts sound like enough "from the horse's mouth." I say so because you point out the last 3 are just for if people don't agree with your popular topic claims.
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Tyler Nicholas Tice
Stephen Toulmin created a method of argument which many view as an informal method of reasoning. He created six parts which collectively make the Toulmin Model and consist of: the claim, data, warrant, backing, rebuttal and qualifier. The first three parts, claim, data and warrant, are existent in every argument. In proper writing formats, all three of these parts are typically seen within the first paragraph. The last three parts, the backing, rebuttal and qualifier, are used in the Toulmin Model to strengthen the claim, data and warrant. Having read To Kill a Mockingbird recently, the classic courtroom debates come to mind. Atticus Finch represents Tom Robinson by presenting his claim that Mr. Robinson is innocent of the charges made against him based on the data Mr. Finch possessed, along with the wit of jury persuasion he attempted to communicate. I’m sure that this scenario could be further broken down into a detailed example of all six parts of the Toulmin Model, but I think you all can understand the point. This model closely follows our psychological behavior in a compelling argument and makes logical sense why, when executed well, presenters using the Toulmin Model typically accomplish their goal.
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