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1The recent development of informal logicInformal Logic: The First International Symposium. forthcoming.
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52A List of Trudy Govier's PublicationsInformal Logic 33 (2): 332-341. 2013.The Editors thank Ken Peacock for his assistance
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84The Limits of the Dialogue Model of ArgumentArgumentation 12 (2): 325-339. 1997.The paper's thesis is that dialogue is not an adequate model for all types of argument. The position of Walton is taken as the contrary view. The paper provides a set of descriptions of dialogues in which arguments feature in the order of the increasing complexity of the argument presentation at each turn of the dialogue, and argues that when arguments of great complexity are traded, the exchanges between arguers are turns of a dialogue only in an extended or metaphorical sense. It argues that m…Read more
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1Relevance, Acceptability, and Sufficiency TodayAnthropology and Philosophy 8 (1-2): 33-48. 2007.In Logical Self-Defense , Johnson and I introduced the criteria of acceptability, relevance and sufficiency as appropriate for the evaluation of arguments in the sense of reasons offered in support of a claim. These three criteria have been widely adopted, but each has been subjected to a number of criticisms; and also 30 years of research have intervened. How do these criteria stand up today? In this paper I argue that they still have a place in argument analysis and evaluation, but in much-mod…Read more
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28D. N. Walton, Argumentation Schemes for Presumptive ReasoningArgumentation 13 (3): 338-343. 1999.
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Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Argumentation. Volumes 1A and 1BPhilosophy and Rhetoric 27 (2): 163-169. 1994.
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2Argumentation and its Applications, CD-ROM (edited book)Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation. 2002.
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20In “Are conductive arguments possible?” Jonathan Adler argued that conductive argu-ments are not possible because they are committed to two incompatible propositions: C is reached without nullifying the counter-considerations; C is accepted is true, which issues in belief, so C is detached from these premises. This paper offers an analysis and an assessment of Adler’s case for his thesis.
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43Informal Logic’s Influence on Philosophy InstructionInformal Logic 26 (3): 259-286. 2006.Informal logic began in the 1970s as a critique of then-current theoretical assumptions in the teaching of argument analysis and evaluation in philosophy departments in the U.S. and Canada. The last 35 years have seen significant developments in informal logic and critical thinking theory. The paper is a pilot study of the influence of these advances in theory on what is taught in courses on argument analysis and critical thinking in U.S. and Canadian philosophy departments. Its finding, provisi…Read more
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Argumentation: Across the Lines of Discipline, Proceedings of the Conference on Argumentation 1986Philosophy and Rhetoric 23 (1): 70-75. 1990.
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26Argument Management, Informal Logic and Critical ThinkingInquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 15 (4): 80-93. 1996.
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28The paper argues that argument and argumentation deserve philosophical attention but do not receive it, and proposes some explanations. It then asks whether there is a field of philosophy, “philosophy of argument,” that might attract philosophers’ attention. A case is made that such a field exists. However, challenges to that case seriously undermine it. Thus those who want philosophers to pay more attention to argument must find other ways to make their case.
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8Reason in the BalanceInformal Logic 32 (4): 454-466. 2012.Book Review Reason in the Balance by Sharon Bailin and Mark Battersby Whitby, ON: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2010. Pp. xiv, 1-349. Softcover ISBN-13: 978-007-007341-8, ISBN-10: 007007341-4 CDN$ 97.95
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81Argument and Its Uses (OSSA 2005 Keynote Address)Informal Logic 24 (2): 137-151. 2004.Do not define argument by its use to persuade. for other uses of arguments exist. An argument is a proposition and a reason for it. and argumentation is an interchange involving two or more parties resulting in the assertion of one or more arguments coupled with anticipated or actual critical responses. A logically good argument has grounds adeq uate for the purposes at hand (true, probable, plausible, acceptable to the audience) and the grounds provide adequate support for the conclusion. The n…Read more
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31Meta-argumentation, An Approach to Logic and Argumentation TheoryInformal Logic 34 (2): 219-239. 2014.By Maurice A. Finocchiaro Studies in Logic, Logic and Argumentation, Vol. 42. London: College Publications, 2013. Pp. vii, 1-279. ISBN 978-1-84890-097-4. UK£12 US$17.10 CDN$21.12.
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