Harman announced on Twitter today that the full text of his 1987 book on reasoning, Change in View had been made available for free download at his website. Readers of RAIL will, I think, find Harman’s book interesting if they’ve not yet been exposed to it. Chapter 2 in particular will be of interest to many, as Harman there argues that “logic is not of any special relevance” to the theory of reasoning. Chapter 7, on explanatory coherence is also likely to arouse the interest of many readers. Apart from Chapters two and seven there are treatments of belief revision, implicit commitments, and reason and obligation that are likely to be of interest as well. Harman’s characteristically thorough and challenging analysis are evident throughout Change in View. The book can be downloaded in sections or as one file. Either way, it’s a great opportunity to get a hold of a fascinating book by one of the most influential American philosophers of the last 40 years.
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“Change in View” at Gilbert Harman’s Website
Posted in Announcements, Connections, News, tagged belief revision, explanation, Gilbert Harman, logic, logic and reasoning, philosophy, reasoning, theory of reasoning on May 25, 2011| Leave a Comment »
OSSA 2011: Proposed Twitter Backchannel
Posted in Announcements, Connections, Discussion, tagged Argumentation, conference backchannel, CRRAR, fallacies, Formal Dialectic, Informal Logic, Normative Pragmatics, Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, OSSA 2011, Rhetoric, Twitter, University of Windsor on May 12, 2011| 1 Comment »
The Ambassador Bridge, via Wikimedia Commons. Original by Mike Russell, CC 3.0 S-A
As many in the argumentation studies community know next week is OSSA 9, one of the bigger events on our calendars. The conference theme this go around is “Argumentation, Cognition and Community”. Having had a look at the schedule I think this promises to be an interesting conference. Many leading scholars in argumentation, informal logic, rhetoric, and normative pragmatics will be there presenting and responding to papers. There is also a good range of strong papers by up and coming scholars as well. This is one to look forward to, if you’ll be coming.
All the pertinent information for OSSA, including .pdf downloads of the schedule and abstracts among other things, can be accessed here.
Unfortunately, as we all know, not everyone who would like to attend can attend. These are tough times and many of us find ourselves at institutions who can’t always support travel to events like these as often or to the degree that they would wish. For those who won’t be coming but want to follow along, I thought I might propose a conference back-channel on Twitter with the hashtag #OSSA2011. Those of us who have Twitter accounts and will be there could post about discussions, sessions, workshops, and everything else OSSA between sessions or whenever else we have the chance. That way those who cannot come can follow along. An added benefit is that those of us who are there will be able get to know each other a little better and to coordinate a little easier when it comes to dinner plans, taxi rides, etc.. (To get a better idea of how it works, you might check out this post from the innovative and consistently helpful ProfHacker blog on the Chronicle of Higher Ed website.)
If you’re interested, let me know! You can comment here or post to Twitter including “#OSSA2011” somewhere in your tweet.
Positions Open in PhD Program in Argumentation Theory
Posted in Announcements, Seminar/Workshop/Program Announcements, tagged Argumentation, ArguPolis, graduate programs in argumentation, legal argumentation, political argumentation, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, University of Lugano on April 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »
2 positions are now open for a 4-year PhD programme at the ArgLab, Institute of Philosophy of Language, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, in the domain of political and legal argumentation. The programme is meant to include international cooperation, first of all within the ArguPolis framework developed by the University of Lugano and their partners.
Funding is secured through a grant received by the Institute from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and should not be affected by the current financial volatility in Portugal.
Deadline for applications: May 31st, 2011.
Start of the programme: September 1st, 2011.
Details can be found here:
http://www.arglab.ifl.pt/arglab-events/2011/4/12/2-phd-positions-4-years-open-at-arglab.html
and here:
http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/investigacao/bolsas/programa-de-doutoramento-internacional-argumentation-and-communication-instituto-de-filosofia-da-linguagem-ifl/view
(Many thanks to Marcin Lewinsky and the ARGTHRY mailing list for this announcement)
New Journal: Electronic Journal of Integrated Studies in Discourse and Argumentation
Posted in Announcements, Argumentation, CFP, Discourse Analysis, News, tagged Argumentation, discourse analysis, discourseduanalysis.net, new journal announcement, Universidade Estaudal de Santa Cruz on April 9, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Electronic Journal of Integrated Studies in Discourse and Argumentation
From the EID&A home page:
Linked to the Department of Arts and Literature of Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, the Journal EID&A – Electronic Journal of Integrated Studies in Discourse and Argumentation – arises from a mission to contribute to the dissemination of studies located in the interface between Discourse Analysis and Argumentation. Thus, papers submitted to this Scientific Committee should be taken on the perspective of studies that comprise the argumentation in the process of constructing meaning in discourse and in the utterance situation. The goal is to promote discussion of theoretical objects or analysis of these discursive practices in society.
Call for Papers
The first issue EID&A will gather papers which focus precisely on the essence, problems and prospects from the interface between Discourse Analysis and Argumentation.
The journal EID&A – Electronic Journal of Integrated Studies in Discourse and Argumentation – invites researchers to contribute with papers focused on the discussion about the nature, problems and prospects of the interface between the Discourse Analysis and the Argumentation.
The Journal EID&A is going to publish papers, translations and reviews. For more details, authors must consult the rules for submissions of papers, available on the website www.uesc.br/revistas/eidea/english.
The deadline for submission of papers will end on July 1st, 2011. The first edition of the EID&A is awaited to September 2011.
Read the original announcement via the Analysis and Discourse wiki here.
Informal Logic Vol. 31, No.1
Posted in Announcements, Informal Logic, tagged absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence, Bayesianism, dialogue based reasoning, fallacies, functionalism in argument, Hitchcock, Informal Logic, informal logic journals, Macagno, Navarro, Patterson, philosophy of argument, Stephens, Walton on March 11, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Informal Logic, vol. 31, no. 1
As part of the mission of RAIL is to keep readers informed of new publications, journals, and articles of interest, I’ve arranged with the editors to post announcements here when new issues of Informal Logic become available. If you’d like to have your informal logic/argumentation-themed journal, or special issue similarly featured here by all means please drop me a line and let me know!
Click here or on the image above to reach the current issue of Informal Logic. If you see something you find interesting or want to discuss in this issue, why not start the conversation by commenting on it below?
Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute
Posted in Announcements, Seminar/Workshop/Program Announcements, tagged advocacy, Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship, BFTF, citizenship, communication, communication programs for high school students, democracy, fellowships for high school students, media, scholarship programs, summer institutes, summer programs for high school students, Wake Forest University on March 8, 2011| Leave a Comment »
2011 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TRANSATLANTIC FELLOWS (BFTF) SUMMER INSTITUTE
July 2-July 29, 2011 – Ages 16-18
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
www.BFTF.org
Do you know a teenager (16-18) who is interested in meeting young people from Europe, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia? Do they have an interest in learning more about transatlantic relationships, public advocacy and civic engagement?
The Department of Communication at Wake Forest University is offering 10 Scholarships for American students to attend the 2011 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows (BFTF) Summer Institute. These Scholarships include the following:
• $2,500 scholarship; Designation as Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellow (covers tuition, activities, meals and lodging in WFU dorm, and partial travel funds to and from WFU)
• Participation in all Institute events, including classes on: Citizenship, Comparative Constitutionalism, Documentary Production and Theory, New Media, Public Advocacy, taught by Wake Forest and visiting faculty.
• Seven day educational trip to Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia, PA, including a visit to the State Department, The Washington Center and several sites including the Newseum in DC; Constitution Center in Philadelphia, etc.
• Civic engagement activities, local community service projects and workshops on public advocacy.
• Cultural activities including an International Dinner, visits to places of worship and other local sites.
The U.S. Fellows would join about 50 Fellows on the Wake Forest campus for a month-long Institute. The international Fellows are from over 30 countries ranging from Armenia to Iceland, Denmark to Kosovo, Malta to Lithuania. Participants will arrive at WFU on July 2 and depart on July 29, 2011.
Applicants must be U.S. Citizens and 16-18 years old. For more information and the application form, visit our website.
Scottish Argumentation Day
Posted in Announcements, Connections, Seminar/Workshop/Program Announcements, tagged Argumentation, Discussion, Nir Oden, Scottish Argumentation Day, University of Aberdeen on February 16, 2011| 2 Comments »
Scottish Argumentation Day
The 2011 Scottish Argumentation Day will take place at the University of Aberdeen on the 4th of March in Room A31 of the Taylor Building (lunch will be provided). Scotland contains a number of world leading centres for argumentation research, and the purpose of the day is to bring together students, post-doctoral researchers and established scientists from these groups to discuss their work, obtain feedback on it, and forge new collaborations.
The format of the day will depend on those attending. However, it is envisioned that participants will be invited to give brief presentations, followed by informal discussion sessions in the afternoon.
The event is free to all, and anyone with an interest in argumentation is welcome to attend. If you are interested in coming along, or for further details, please contact Nir Oren (n.oren at abdn.ac.uk).
Dr. Nir Oren
Department of Computing Science
University of Aberdeen
AB24 3UE
Call for Nominations: 2011 Kairos Awards
Posted in Announcements, Teaching, tagged academic blogs, awards, computers and writing conference, Kairos, kairosnews, Rhetoric, webtexts on February 4, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Kairos currently presents three annual awards:
- The Kairos Best Webtext Awards for the best academic webtext published in the previous academic year (the webtext does not have to be published in Kairos).
- The John Lovas Memorial Academic Weblog Award (formerly Kairos Best Academic Weblog Award) for an outstanding blog devoted largely to academic pursuits.
- The Kairos Awards for Graduate Students and Adjuncts (formerly the Kairos/Lore Awards), a series of three awards to recognize outstanding contributions in teaching, research, and service to the field of Computers and Writing by graduate students and non-tenure-track faculty. (These three awards are co-sponsored by Bedford/St. Martin’s Press.)
These awards are presented each year at the Computers and Writing Conference (winners need not be present although they are certainly encouraged to attend).
Please click on any of the award names for criteria and submission guidelines. Kairos also announces the calls for award nominations on various electronic mailing lists and on Kairosnews.
We also invite you to browse the list of past award winners to experience the variety of webtexts and weblogs which have qualified in the past.
The deadline for nominations for all awards is FEBRUARY 20, 2011.
Cogency Vol. 2 No. 2 Now Available
Posted in Announcements, tagged argumentation journals, Cogency, informal logic journals, Wittgenstein on January 22, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Cogency Vol. 2 No. 2: Special Issue on Wittgenstein and Argumentation
The latest issue of the journal Cogency focuses on the relationship between the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein and argumentation theory. Having had the good fortune to write one of the articles myself and thereby to have an early look at the contents, I feel confident in saying that it’s a pretty interesting issue. Click on the image above for an enlarged view of the table of contents.
As part of the mission of RAIL is to keep readers informed of new publications, journals, and articles of interest, I’ve arranged with the editor to post announcements here when new issues of Cogency become available. I’ll be doing the same thing for Informal Logic. If you’d like to have your informal logic/argumentation-themed journal similarly featured please drop me a line and let me know.
For now, those interested in some past issues of Cogency can peruse their tables of contents here: Cogency Vol. 1, No 1 and here: Cogency Vol.2, No 1.
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