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Stephen Toulmin
University Professor and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, International Relations and Religion
Contact Information
Office: VKC 330
Phone: (213)740-2136
E-mail:
toulmin@usc.edu
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Education
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 B.A. Mathematics and Physics, Cambridge University, 1/1942
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Ph.D. Moral Sciences (Ethics),, Cambridge University, 1/1948
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Description of Research
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Summary Statement of Research Interests
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Originally trained as a physicist, Professor Toulmin explores the intersection of philosophy, history, and science. He works on multiethnic and transnational studies, focusing on a politics based on the interaction of local and global institutions -- nongovernmental and supranational -- along with the loss of influence for Nation State governments.
As Toulmin's research progressed in his career from math and natural science to philosophy and ethics to the history of scientific concepts, he ultimately saw that philosophy and science are inseparable from the
historical, political and social contexts in which they evolved. This
insight led to his present focus on transnationalism: the idea that
social, political and historical questions must be viewed on a global
level, across national boundaries.
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Research Specialties
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Global organization; History of ideas; Methodology of social science
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Honors and Awards
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USC University Professor, 2001
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National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, Thomas Jefferson Lecturer, 1997
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Lecture for Queen Beatrix, Royal Palace Foundation, Amsterdam, 1993
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow, 1989
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