On Reasoning and Argument Essays in Informal Logic and on Critical T
This book brings together in one place David Hitchcock’s most significant published articles on reasoning and argument. In seven new chapters he updates his thinking in the light of subsequent scholarship. Collectively, the papers articulate a distinctive
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David Hitchcock
On Reasoning and Argument Essays in Informal Logic and on Critical Thinking
On Reasoning and Argument
Argumentation Library ————————————————————————— VOLUME 30 —————————————————————————
Series Editor Frans H. van Eemeren, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Editorial Board Bart Garssen, 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, Canada More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/5642
David Hitchcock
On Reasoning and Argument Essays in Informal Logic and on Critical Thinking
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David Hitchcock Department of Philosophy McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario Canada
Author is obtaining rights to all chapters ISSN 1566-7650 Argumentation Library ISBN 978-3-319-53561-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-53562-3
ISSN 2215-1907
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ISBN 978-3-319-53562-3
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Foreword
David Hitchcock is a highly respected Canadian philosopher, prominent in the field of the theory of argument. As many did at the time, he travelled abroad for his graduate training, and like everyone else of his generation working in this field, he began his career with a different area of specialization. He received his Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate School in California with a dissertation in ancient Greek philosophy, a subject he continued to teach alongside courses in critical thinking and argument theory (among other subjects) t
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