Across the Lines of Disciplines

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J. A. 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.

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Frontmatter -- Introduction / Eemeren, Frans . van / Grootendorst, Rob / Blair, J. Anthony / Willard, Charles A. -- Logical and Dialectical Perspectives -- Chapter 1. Probative Logic: REVIEW & PREVIEW / Scriven, Michael -- Chapter 2. Logic to Some Purpose: Theses against the Deductive-Nomological Paradigm in the Science of Logic / Barth, E.M. -- Chaper 3. Logic Naturalized: Recovering A Tradition / Johnson, Ralph H. -- Chapter 4. Beyond Induction and Deduction / Govier, Trudy -- Chapter 5 Meaning Postulates and Rules of Argumentation: Remarks concerning the pragmatic tie between meaning (of terms) and truth (of propositions) / Lorenz, Kuno -- Chapter 6. Arab Dialecticians on Rational Discussion / Taha, Abderrahmane -- Rhetorical and Epistemological Perspectives -- Chapter 7. An Historical Approach to the Study of Argumentation / Finocchiaro, Maurice A. -- Chapter 8. Argument and Usable Traditions / Cox, J. Robert -- Chapter 9. The Rhetorical Perspective on Argument / Wenzel, Joseph W. -- Chapter 10. Rhetorical Communication as Argumentation / Geissner, Hellmut -- Chapter 11. Argumentation without Proposition / Meyer, Michel -- Chapter 12. Generational Argument / Goodnight, G. Thomas -- Chapter 13. Valuing Dissensus / Willard, Charles Arthur -- Chapter 14. Rescher on Pascal's Wager Argument / Airaksinen, Timo -- Chapter 15. Argumentation and Narrativity / Parret, Herman -- Pragmatic and Conversational Perspectives -- Chapter 16. The Function of Argumentation: A Pragmatic Approach / Kopperschmidt, Josef -- Chapter 17. Argumentation, Inquiry and Speech Act Theory / Blair, J. Anthony -- Chapter 18. For Reason's Sake: Maximal Argumentative Analysis of Discourse / Eemeren, Frans . van -- Chapter 19. Rational and Pragmatic Aspects of Argument / Jackson, Sally -- Chapter 20. The Management of Disagreement in Conversation / Jacobs, Scott -- Chapter 21. Identity Management in Argumentative Discourse / Kline, Susan L. -- Chapter 22. Measuring Argumentative Competence / Trapp, Robert / Yingling, Julie M. / Wanner, James -- Chapter 23. Some Figures of Speech / Fogelin, Robert J. -- Argumentation Analysis, Evaluation and Fallacies -- Chapter 24. Towards a Typology of Argumentative Schemes / Kienpointner, Manfred -- Chapter 25. Enthymematic Arguments / Hitchcock, David -- Chapter 26. Argument Evaluation / Benoit, William L. -- Chapter 27. Naess's Dichotomy of Tenability and Relevance / Krabbe, Erik C. W. -- Chapter 28. Reseller's Plausibility Thesis and the Justification of Arguments: A Critical Appraisal / McKerrow, Raymie E. -- Chapter 29. What is a Fallacy? / Walton, Douglas N. -- Chapter 30. Some Fallacies about Fallacies / Grootendorst, Rob -- Chapter 31. Ad Baculum, Self-interest and Pascal's Wager / Woods, John -- Applications of Argumentation Theory -- Chapter 32. Rational Argumentation and Political Deception / Vedung, Evert -- Chapter 33. Evolution of Judicial Argument in Free Expression Cases / Rieke, Richard D. -- Chapter 34. Argumentation in English and Finnish Editorials / Tirkkonen-Condit, Sonja -- Chapter 35. Critical Thinking in the Strong Sense and The Role of Argumentation in Everyday Life / Paul, Richard W. -- Chapter 36. Informal logic and the eductive-inductive distinction / Weddle, Perry -- Chapter 37. Arguments and Explanations / Hoaglund, John -- List of Contributors