Jean Wagemans is professor of Cognition, Communication, and Argumentation at the University of Amsterdam and coordinator of the interdisciplinary research group Language and Cognition in Argumentation (LANCAR). Wagemans is the originator of the Periodic Table of Arguments (PTA), an innovative taxonomy of persuasive techniques with applications in argument-checking, formal linguistics, and explainable AI. He authored the chapter on The Philosophy of Argument (2022) in the Cambridge Handbook for the Philosophy of Language and co-authored the Handbook of Argumentation Theory (2014) and Argumentation and debate (in Dutch, 2014). Wagemans publishe…
Jean Wagemans is professor of Cognition, Communication, and Argumentation at the University of Amsterdam and coordinator of the interdisciplinary research group Language and Cognition in Argumentation (LANCAR). Wagemans is the originator of the Periodic Table of Arguments (PTA), an innovative taxonomy of persuasive techniques with applications in argument-checking, formal linguistics, and explainable AI. He authored the chapter on The Philosophy of Argument (2022) in the Cambridge Handbook for the Philosophy of Language and co-authored the Handbook of Argumentation Theory (2014) and Argumentation and debate (in Dutch, 2014). Wagemans publishes scientific articles, web content, and popularizing columns, and regularly appears in the media to talk about his research and to provide expert commentary on current affairs.
