Groundwork in the Theory of Argumentation: Selected Papers of J. Anthony Blair (Argumentation Library, 21)

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 and editor of the journal Informal Logic . Blair is widely recognized among the leaders in the field for contributing formative ideas to the argumentation literature of the last few decades. This selection of key works provides insights into the history of the field of argumentation theory and various related disciplines. It illuminates the central debates and presents core ideas in four main areas: Critical Thinking, Informal Logic, Argument Theory and Logic, Dialectic and Rhetoric. Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Front Matter....Pages 1-2 Is There an Obligation to Reason Well?....Pages 3-12 The Keegstra Affair: A Test Case for Critical Thinking....Pages 13-22 What Is Bias?....Pages 23-32 Back Matter....Pages 33-34 Front Matter....Pages 35-37 Argument Management, Informal Logic and Critical Thinking....Pages 39-50 What Is the Right Amount of Support for a Conclusion?....Pages 51-59 Premissary Relevance....Pages 61-73 Premise Adequacy....Pages 75-86 Relevance, Acceptability and Sufficiency Today....Pages 87-100 The “Logic” of Informal Logic....Pages 101-117 Informal Logic and Logic....Pages 119-132 Back Matter....Pages 133-134 Front Matter....Pages 135-136 Walton’s Argumentation Schemes for Presumptive Reasoning: A Critique and Development....Pages 137-146 A Theory of Normative Reasoning Schemes....Pages 147-169 Towards a Philosophy of Argument....Pages 171-183 Argument and Its Uses....Pages 185-195 A Time for Argument Theory Integration....Pages 197-203 The Possibility and Actuality of Visual Arguments....Pages 205-223 Back Matter....Pages 225-226 Front Matter....Pages 227-229 The Limits of the Dialogue Model of Argument....Pages 231-244 Relationships Among Logic, Dialectic and Rhetoric....Pages 245-259 The Rhetoric of Visual Arguments....Pages 261-279 Pragma-Dialectics and Pragma-Dialectics ....Pages 281-290 Back Matter....Pages 323-324 Front Matter....Pages 227-229 Investigations and the Critical Discussion Model....Pages 291-299 Perelman Today on Justice and Argumentation....Pages 301-308 Rhetoric and Argumentation....Pages 309-321 Back Matter....Pages 323-324 Back Matter....Pages 325-355