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18The prodigious development of argumentation theory over the last three decades has raised many issues that challenge some of the long held assumptions that characterize the traditional study of argument. One of these issues is the role of emotion in argument and argument analysis. While rhetoric has, with its emphasis on persuasion, always recognized that emotions play some role determining which arguments we accept and reject, a long tradition sees appeals to emotion as fallacies that violate t…Read more
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178. Can Capitalism Save Itself? Some Ruminations on the Fate of CapitalismIn John Douglas Bishop (ed.), Ethics and Capitalism, University of Toronto Press. pp. 196-218. 2000.
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17Is restructuring an underhanded way to make the rich richer and the poor poorer? Or is it necessary, although bitter, medicine for an ailing economy? In The Ethics of the New Economy: Restructuring and Beyond, professionals from the fields of philosophy, ethics, management, as well as those representing the groups affected by restructuring, tackle thorny ethical issues. Referring to concrete case studies, these timely essays discuss a variety of topics, including justified and unjustified restru…Read more
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15Recent work on multimodal argumentation has explored facets of argumentation which have no obvious analogue in the written arguments which were emphasized in traditional accounts of argument. One of these facets is prosody: the structure and quality of the sound of spoken language. Prosodic features include pitch, temporal structure, pronunciation, loudness and voice quality, rhythm, emphasis and accent. In this paper, we explore the ways that prosodic features may be invoked in arguing.
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14This paper is an in depth discussion of the work on fallacies collected in the "Selected Papers" of Woods and Walton. While it defends many of their claims, it argues that they have not shown that their formal approach should be an integral part of that discipline we now call "informal logic".
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13Where Do Sounds Fit Within Informal Logic?Informal Logic 38 (3): 362-368. 2018.In response to commentaries by Eckstein and Kišiček, I argue that the study of auditory arguments is very much in keeping with the critical thinking ideals that motivate informal logic. In the process I support further research on sound figures and the meaning of sound that would enhance our ability to analyze auditory arguments.
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13Gilbert as DisrupterInformal Logic 43 (4): 507-520. 2022.Michael Gilbert’s multi-modal theory of argument challenges earlier accounts of arguing assumed in formal and informal logic. His account of emotional, visceral, and kisceral modes of arguing rejects the assumption that all arguments must be treated as instances of one “logical mode.” This paper compares his alternative modes to other modes proposed by those who have argued for visual, auditory, and other “multimodal” modes of arguing. I conclude that multi-modal and multimodal (without the hyph…Read more
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13Some Sources for Hume's Account of CauseJournal of the History of Ideas 52 (4): 645-663. 1991.We show that four central aspects of Hume's account of cause were contained and available to him in the translation of Sextus Empiricus' "Outlines of Pyrrhonism" contained in Thomas Stanley's 1687 _History of Philosophy
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13Both 'persuasion' and 'rational convincing' play a major role in argumentative discourse but only the latter is said to constitute argument and be amenable to traditional logical analysis. I argue against this assumption by showing that there are many paradigmatic instances of persuasion which are best understood as implicit arguments. So understood, acts of persuasion can conform to well recognized argument schemata and are best assessed accordingly. I shall argue that the attempt to distinguis…Read more
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12Protecting One's Own: Hobbes, Realism and DisarmamentPublic Affairs Quarterly 2 (1): 89-107. 1988.
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12The Skeptical Tradition Myles Burnyeat, editor Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1983. Pp. 450. $38.50 cloth: $10.95 paper (review)Dialogue 24 (4): 746-. 1985.
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11Greek Scepticism: Anti-Realist Trends in Ancient ThoughtMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. 1990.The idea that Western philosophy is a footnote to Plato is simplistic and inaccurate. Much of modern and contemporary epistemology owes a debt not so much to Platonism or Aristotelianism as to their antithesis: scepticism. Recent discussions in the history of philosophy have sparked a great deal of interest in the ancient sceptics, but until now they have been misunderstood and the significance of their philosophy not fully appreciated.
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10Review of How Philosophers Argue: An Adversarial Collaboration on the Russell-Copleston Debate (review)Informal Logic 43 (1): 138-146. 2023.This article reviews Fernando Leal and Hubert Marraud’s How Philosopher’s Argue: An Adversarial Collaboration on the Russell-Copleston Debate (Springer 2022).
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6Skepsis pflegen: Die sophistische VortragskunstIn Markus Gabriel (ed.), Skeptizismus Und Metaphysik, Akademie Verlag. pp. 221-238. 2011.
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6Gilbert as DisrupterInformal Logic 44 (1): 507-520. 2022.Michael Gilbert’s multi-modal theory of argument challenges earlier accounts of arguing assumed in formal and informal logic. His account of emotional, visceral, and kisceral modes of arguing rejects the assumption that all arguments must be treated as instances of one “logical mode.” This paper compares his alternative modes to other modes proposed by those who have argued for visual, auditory, and other “multimodal” modes of arguing. I conclude that multi-modal and multimodal (without the hyph…Read more
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6Gilbert as DisrupterInformal Logic 43 (4): 507-520. 2022.Michael Gilbert’s multi-modal theory of argument challenges earlier accounts of arguing assumed in formal and informal logic. His account of emotional, visceral, and kisceral modes of arguing rejects the assumption that all arguments must be treated as instances of one “logical mode.” This paper compares his alternative modes to other modes proposed by those who have argued for visual, auditory, and other “multimodal” modes of arguing. I conclude that multi-modal and multimodal (without the hyph…Read more
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3Paul Kurtz, The New Skepticism: Inquiry and Reliable Knowledge Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 13 (2): 101-103. 1993.
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1Douglas N. Walton, Informal Logic: A Handbook for Critical Argumentation Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 10 (7): 294-296. 1990.
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