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66What's in a Number? Consequentialism and Employment Equity in Hall, Hurka, Sumner and Baker et alDialogue 35 (2): 359-374. 1996.
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Rebuilding Rawls: An Alternative Theory of JusticeEidos: The Canadian Graduate Journal of Philosophy 2
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95Informal LogicStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 1996.Informal logic is an attempt to develop a logic that can assess and analyze the arguments that occur in natural language discourse. Discussions in the field may address instances of scientific, legal, and other technical forms of reasoning, but the overriding aim has been a comprehensive account of argument that can explain and evaluate the arguments found in discussion, debate and disagreement as they manifest themselves in daily life — in social and political commentary; in news reports and ed…Read more
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Ultimacy and a new argument from design: Creationists, evolutionists, and the war about incommensurabilityUltimate Reality and Meaning 22 (4): 307-326. 1999.
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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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55Parmenides' Timeless Universe, AgainDialogue 26 (3): 549. 1987.The paper defends my thesis that Parmenides' poem contains a critique of time, in answer to Mohan Matthen's criticisms of my views
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18In “Image, Evidence, Argument,” Ian Dove defends an intriguing ‘middle ground’ between those who argue that there are “visual arguments” and skeptics who argue that there are not. I discuss one of Dove’s key examples, proposing a different analysis of it, arguing that there are problems with the “verbal repackaging” of the argument he suggests.
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52When Two Wrongs Make A RightInformal Logic 5 (1). 1983.CONTEMPORARY TREATMENTS OF INFORMAL FALLACIES TAKE TWO WRONGS REASONING AS A FORM OF FALLACIOUS INFERENCE. I ARGUE THAT SUCH INFERENCES ARE OFTEN VALID AND THAT AN ADEQUATE TREATMENT OF TWO WRONGS ARGUMENTS MUST DISTINGUISH VALID AND INVALID ARGUMENTS, RATHER THAN REJECT THEM OUT OF HAND
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67Going Multimodal: What is a Mode of Arguing and Why Does it Matter?Argumentation 29 (2): 133-155. 2015.During the last decade, one source of debate in argumentation theory has been the notion that there are different modes of arguing that need to be distinguished when analyzing and evaluating arguments. Visual argument is often cited as a paradigm example. This paper discusses the ways in which it and modes of arguing that invoke non-verbal sounds, smells, tactile sensations, music and other non-verbal entities may be defined and conceptualized. Though some attempts to construct a ‘multimodal’ th…Read more
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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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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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110Affirmative action as a form of restitutionJournal of Business Ethics 9 (3). 1990.Though the common sense defense of affirmative action (or employment equity) appeals to principles of restitution, philosophers have tried to defend it in other ways. In contrast, I defend it by appealing to the notion of restitution, arguing (1) that alternative attempts to justify affirmative action fail; and (2) that ordinary affirmative action programs need to be supplemented and amended in keeping with the principles this suggests.
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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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31Johnson on the Metaphysics of ArgumentArgumentation 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
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77Deductivism Within Pragma-DialecticsArgumentation 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
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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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