Groundwork in the Theory of Argumentation Selected Papers of J. Anth
J. Anthony Blair is a prominent international figure in argumentation studies. He is among the originators of informal logic, an author of textbooks on the informal logic approach to argument analysis and evaluation and on critical thinking, and a founder
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Argumentation Library VOLUME 21
Series Editors Frans H. van Eemeren, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Scott Jacobs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Erik C. W. Krabbe, University of Groningen, The Netherlands John Woods, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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GROUNDWORK IN THE THEORY OF ARGUMENTATION Selected Papers of J. Anthony Blair
J. Anthony Blair University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada
Introduction by Christopher W. Tindale
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J. Anthony Blair Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation & Rhetoric University of Windsor 401 Sunset Avenue Windsor, Ontario Canada N9B 3P4 [email protected]
ISSN 1566-7650 ISBN 978-94-007-2362-7 e-ISBN 978-94-007-2363-4 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-2363-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011936861 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The chapters comprising this book are papers chosen to represent the span over time and the range over topics of my scholarly publications during the past 30 or so years. They vary in length from short to long, and in style from chatty to technical. All but the first have been previously published, but they are scattered among a variety of sources, some out of print, others difficult to access. So this book brings together in one place a fairly representative sample of my thinking over that period about informal logic, reasoning, critical thinking, argument, argumentation, dialectic and rhetoric. The chapters are grouped into four parts by broad topic. The parts, and the chapters within them are, with several exceptions, in roughly chronological order. Each part begins with a brief Introduction explaining what motivated the chapters in it, and ends with a brief Postscript stating where I now stand on each one. Windsor, ON, Canada
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Acknowledgements
Several people have for some time suggested that I should publish a selection of my papers. The first was Robert Pinto, followed soon by Hans Hansen and then Frans van Eemeren. When Christopher Tindale moved to Windsor, he added his voice, as recently so did Frank Zenker. A year ago, Frank, Hans and Chris pressed me to act, with Chris committing to serving as my editorial advisor. Frans then suggested the project for Springer’s Argumentation Library book series. I owe all these friends and colleagues my thanks for encouraging and supporting this venture. Special thanks to Chris for taki
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