Philosophy of Argumentation – An Issue of Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
We invite the submission of papers to an issue of the journal Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric (https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/slgr) entitled ‘The Philosophy of Argumentation’. This issue is designed to build on the impact of recent events in argumentation and linguistics in Poland and aims to bring together researchers with a variety of perspectives and backgrounds in a discussion of the philosophical aspects of argumentation theory, and to further enhance the growing reputation of Poland as a centre for study in the field.
The journal issue will be co-edited by Martin Hinton (University of Łódź) and Marcin Koszowy (University of Białystok and Polish Academy of Science).
Topics
A philosophical approach to argument and persuasion may touch on many areas and this list is not designed to be exhaustive, but contributions might discuss:
- The Language of Argument
- Fallacies and Fallacy Theory
- Norms of Argumentation
- Types of Argument
- Argument Schemes
- Argument Strength
- Rhetoric and Argument
- Speech Acts and Arguments
- Argumentation and Dialogue
- Pragmatics of Argument
The Journal
The journal Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric (SLGR) was founded in 1980 and has published 49 volumes. The unique profile of SLGR lies in its exploitation of the three classical fields of the medieval trivium in its studies of communication phenomena. The journal is published under the auspices of the Polish Society for Logic and Philosophy of Science. Since 2013 the journal has been published by De Gruyter Open which is one of the world’s leading publishers of open access scientific content.
Submission
The deadline for submission of papers is 30th November 2017. They should be of 4000-7000 words in length, in a Word document, APA 6 ed. citing style. For other formatting questions, please consult current issues of the journal, which is open access. All documents should be prepared for double-blind peer review. Please make submissions to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=slgr2018.
Any queries about the special issue should be directed to martin.hinton@uni.lodz.pl
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