After discussing the Toulmin model of argument in class today I wanted to know how exactly he formulated this six-part formula to argument, and ultimately to be used in our class, writing a better essay. As Mr. Laz mentioned, Toulmin was both a philosopher and a logisist so he wanted to question the philosophical aspect of our current writing: one main thing that I pulled up was that Toulmin provided an alternative approach to the knowledge and truth that we often involuntarily accept. He makes a clear distinction between being reasonable and being rational often stating, as we may not have discussed, that there are two different kinds of people-the rational people-who are persuaded by solid logic and fact, and the reasonable people-who are often persuaded by negotiation-just wondering what you guys thought about this
-Chris Balch
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