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64Norms and Functions in Public Sphere ArgumentationInformal Logic 25 (2): 139-150. 2005.This paper is a commentary on the articles by William Rehg and Robert Asen in this issue of Informal Logic. It compares the subject matter of the two papers, offers an interpretation of and commentary on each paper separately, then discusses their overlapping problematic: the importance of public sphere argumentation
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185Informal Logic: An OverviewInformal Logic 20 (2). 2000.In this overview article, we first explain what we take informal logic to be, discussing misconceptions and distinguishing our conception of it from competing ones; second, we briefly catalogue recent informal logic research, under 14 headings; third, we suggest four broad areas of problems and questions for future research; fourth, we describe current scholarly resources for informal logic; fifth, we discuss three implications of informal logic for philosophy in particular, and take note ofprac…Read more
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1The recent development of informal logicInformal Logic: The First International Symposium. forthcoming.
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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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54A List of Trudy Govier's PublicationsInformal Logic 33 (2): 332-341. 2013.The Editors thank Ken Peacock for his assistance
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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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Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Argumentation. Volumes 1A and 1BPhilosophy and Rhetoric 27 (2): 163-169. 1994.
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26D. N. Walton, Argumentation Schemes for Presumptive ReasoningArgumentation 13 (3): 338-343. 1999.
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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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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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42Argument Management, Informal Logic and Critical ThinkingInquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 15 (4): 80-93. 1996.
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16Reason 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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83Argument 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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76Four Essays on Liberty. By Isaiah Berlin. Oxford University Press. 1969. Pp. lxiii, 213. $2.15Dialogue 9 (2): 266-268. 1970.
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A Bibliography of Recent Work in Informal LogicInformal Logic: The First International Symposium 56 163. 1980.
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118The Current State of Informal LogicInformal Logic 9 (2). 1987.The Current State of Informal Logic
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35A Defense of Conduction: A Reply to AdlerArgumentation 30 (2): 109-128. 2016.In Jonathan Adler argued that conductive arguments, as they are commonly characterized, are impossible—that no such argument can exist. This striking contention threatens to undermine a topic of argumentation theory originated by Trudy Govier based on Carl Wellman and revisited by the papers in “Conductive argument, An overlooked type of defeasible reasoning”. I here argue that Adler’s dismissal of conductive arguments relies on a misreading of the term ‘non-conclusive’ used in the characterizat…Read more
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65Probative Norms for Multimodal Visual ArgumentsArgumentation 29 (2): 217-233. 2015.The question, “What norms are appropriate for the evaluation of the probative merits of visual arguments?” underlies the investigation of this paper. The notions of argument and of multimodal visual argument employed in the study are explained. Then four multimodal visual arguments are analyzed and their probative merits assessed. It turns out to be possible to judge these qualities using the same criteria that apply to verbally expressed arguments. Since the sample is small and not claimed to b…Read more
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Philosophy of Cognitive Science |