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 30, No 1 (2010)

Table of Contents

Articles

The Value of Genetic Fallacies Abstract PDF
Andrew C Ward 1-33
Defeasible Classifications and Inferences from Definitions Abstract PDF
Douglas Walton, Fabrizio Macagno 34-61
Analyzing Social Policy Argumentation: A case study on the opinion of the German National Ethics Council on an amendment of the Stem Cell Law Abstract PDF
Frank Zenker 62-91

Teaching Supplement

Argument Explanation Complementarity and the Structure of Informal Reasoning Abstract PDF
Gregory Randolph Mayes 92-111

Book Reviews

van Eemeren's Pondering on Problems of Argumentation PDF
George Boger 112-115
Sobocan and Groarke's Critical Thinking Education and Assessment PDF
Jacqueline P. Leighton 116-119

In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Stephen Edelston Toulmin 1922-2009 PDF
Informal Logic 120-121



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