Informal Logic

INFORMAL LOGIC is a peer reviewed journal publishing articles and reviews on topics related to reasoning and argumentation in theory and practice. It is deliberately multi-disciplinary, welcoming theoretical and empirical research from any pertinent field, including, but not restricted to, philosophy, rhetoric, communication, linguistics, psychology, artificial intelligence, education, law.

Vol 29, No 4 (2009): Special Issue on Psychology and Argumentation

Table of Contents

Articles

Argumentative Thinking: An Introduction to the Special Issue on Psychology and Argumentation Abstract PDF
Lance J. Rips 327-336
Argument Content and Argument Source: An Exploration Abstract PDF
Ulrike Hahn, Adam J.L. Harris, Adam Corner 337-367
Belief-Overkill in Political Judgments Abstract PDF
Jonathan Baron 368-378
What Constitutes Skilled Argumentation and How Does it Develop? Abstract PDF
Marion Goldstein, Amanda Crowell, Deanna Kuhn 379-395
Differentiating Theories from Evidence: The Development of Argument Evaluation Abilities in Adolescence and Early Adulthood Abstract PDF
Petra Barchfeld, Beate Sodian 396-416
Deliberation versus Dispute: The Impact of Argumentative Discourse Goals on Learning and Reasoning in the Science Classroom Abstract PDF
Mark Felton, Merce Garcia-Mila, Sandra Gilabert 417-446

Critical Reviews

Eemeren & Garssen's Controversy and Confrontation: Relating Controversy Analysis with Argumentation Theory PDF
Frank Zenker 449-479

Book Reviews

Zenker's Ceteris Paribus in Conservative Belief Revision: On the Role of Minimal Change in Rational Theory Development PDF
Pierre Boulos 480-482



Editors

J. Anthony Blair
Ralph H. Johnson
Hans V. Hansen
Christopher W. Tindale

University of Windsor
Editorial Board

Jonathan Adler, City University of New York
Ruth Amossy, Tel-Aviv University
Richard Andrews, University of London
Sharon Bailin, Simon Fraser University
Daniel Cohen, Colby College
Frans H. van Eemeren, University of Amsterdam
Robert Ennis, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Maurice Finocchiaro, University of Nevada - Las Vegas
James B. Freeman, City College of New York
Michael A. Gilbert, York University
Geoff Goddu, University of Richmond
Jean Goodwin, Iowa State University
Trudy Govier, University of Lethbridge
Leo Groarke, Wilfrid Laurier University
Dale Hample, University of Maryland
David Hitchcock, McMaster University
Sally Jackson, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Fred J. Kauffeld, Edgewood College
Christian Kock, University of Copenhagen
Lenore Langsdorf, University of Southern Illinois
Christoph Lumer, University of Siena
Robert C. Pinto, University of Windsor
Chris Reed, St. Andrews University
Nicholas Rescher, University of Pittsburgh
Lance Rips, Northwestern University
Merrilee Salmon, University of Pittsburgh
Michael Scriven, Claremont Graduate University
Harvey Siegel, University of Miami
Christina Slade, Macquarie University
Francisca Snoeck Henkemans, University of Amsterdam
John Woods, University of British Columbia & King's College, London
Douglas Walton, University of Windsor
Larry Wright, University of California at Riverside
David Zarefsky, Northwestern University





ISSN: 0824-2577