•  84
    Johnson on the Metaphysics of Argument
    Argumentation 16 (3): 277-286. 2002.
    This paper responds to two aspects of Ralph Johnson's Manifest Rationality (2000). The first is his critique of deductivism. The second is his failure to make room for some species of argument (e.g., visual and kisceral arguments) proposed by recent commentators. In the first case, Johnson holds that argumentation theorists have adopted a notion of argument which is too narrow. In the second, that they have adopted one which is too broad. I discuss the case Johnson makes for both claims, and pos…Read more
  •  168
    Deductivism Within Pragma-Dialectics
    Argumentation 13 (1): 1-16. 1999.
    The present paper elaborates a deductivist account of natural language argu-ment in the context of pragma-dialectics. It reviews earlier debates, criticizes some standard misconceptions in the literature, and argues that the identification and analysis of deductive argument schemes can be the basis of a compelling theory of argumentative discourse
  •  57
    In the last quarter-century, the emergence of argumentation theory has spurred the development of an extensive literature on the study of argument. It encompasses empirical and theoretical investigations that often have their roots in the different traditions that have studied argument since ancient times – most notably, logic, rhetoric, and dialectics. Against this background, I advocate a “thick” theory of argument that merges traditional theories, weaving together their sometimes discordant a…Read more
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    Ancient skepticism
    Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. forthcoming.
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    Review of Douglas Walton, Chris Reed, Fabrizio macagno, Argumentation Schemes (review)
    Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2009 (2). 2009.