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What was Stephen's objection to absolutism?
Throughout many of his works, Toulmin pointed out that absolutism (represented by theoretical or analytic arguments) has limited practical value.
Why did he believe absolutism had limited practical value?
Toulmin contends that many of these so-called standard principles are irrelevant to real situations encountered by human beings in daily life.
Does he have any other beliefs regarding absolutism?
To develop his contention, Toulmin introduced the concept of argument fields.

Question: What is the concept of argument fields?
Self-contained rewrite: What is the concept of argument fields?