Groundwork in the Theory of Argumentation

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Groundwork in the Theory of Argumentation is written by J. Anthony Blair and published by Springer Science & Business Media. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9400723636 (ISBN 10) and 9789400723634 (ISBN 13).

J. Anthony Blair is a prominent international figure in argumentation studies. He is among the originators of informal logic, an author of textbooks on the informal logic approach to argument analysis and evaluation and on critical thinking, and a founder and editor of the journal Informal Logic. Blair is widely recognized among the leaders in the field for contributing formative ideas to the argumentation literature of the last few decades. This selection of key works provides insights into the history of the field of argumentation theory and various related disciplines. It illuminates the central debates and presents core ideas in four main areas: Critical Thinking, Informal Logic, Argument Theory and Logic, Dialectic and Rhetoric.