Jean Wagemans is a philosopher of argument who specializes in dialectic and rhetoric. He serves as the Chair of the Department of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory, and Rhetoric of the University of Amsterdam and is the Coordinator of the research group Language and Cognition in Argumentation (LANCAR) at the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC).
Wagemans is the originator of the Periodic Table of Arguments, an argument classification framework that systematizes the traditional descriptions and taxonomies of persuasive techniques and has applications in formal linguistics, argument-checking, and explainable artific…
Jean Wagemans is a philosopher of argument who specializes in dialectic and rhetoric. He serves as the Chair of the Department of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory, and Rhetoric of the University of Amsterdam and is the Coordinator of the research group Language and Cognition in Argumentation (LANCAR) at the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC).
Wagemans is the originator of the Periodic Table of Arguments, an argument classification framework that systematizes the traditional descriptions and taxonomies of persuasive techniques and has applications in formal linguistics, argument-checking, and explainable artificial intelligence (XAI). He is involved in the RPA Human(e) AI funded Towards an Epistemological and Ethical XAI, the NWO VC funded Resistance to Metaphor, and the HORIZON 2020 funded COST action APPLY – European network for argumentation and public policy analysis, for which he also serves as the Science Communication Officer.
Wagemans co-authored the Handbook of Argumentation Theory (2014) and Argumentation and debate (in Dutch, 2014), 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.
At the University of Amsterdam, Wagemans teaches courses and supervises theses at the BA, MA, and PhD level. He is a member of the editorial board of the journal Argumentation and a reviewer for Informal Logic, Argument & Computation, Journal of Argumentation in Context, and other scientific journals. Wagemans co-directed the ISSA 9th International Conference on Argumentation and was a member of the scientific panels of ECA 2, ARGAGE 2018 and 2021, DIS 3, and other conferences in the field.
