RAIL

The Evolution of Argumentation: The Sperber-Mercier Theory

5-6 October 2012

University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada

Keynote Speaker: HUGO MERCIER, University of Neuchâtel

Panelists:

• Dr. Mark Aakhus, Communications, Rutgers University
• Dr. Lori Buchanan, Psychology, University of Windsor
• Dr. Ian Hacking, Philosophy, University Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto; Permanent Chair in the History and Philosophy of Scientific Concepts, Collège de France.
• Dr. Burkhard Schafer, Computational Legal Theory, School of Law, University of Edinburgh

Chairs:

• Dr. Douglas Walton, CRRAR & Assumption Chair in Argumentation Studies, University of Windsor
• Dr. Steve Patterson, Philosophy, Marygrove College, Detroit.

Sponsored by:
THE CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN REASONING, ARGUMENTATION, AND RHETORIC (CRRAR)