SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE INFORMAL LOGIC INITIATIVE

• Authors: Johnson Ralph H.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper, I undertake to present clearly just what informal logic ('logika nieformalna') is and how it relates to formal logic, and to logic as such. To do that, I start by explaining how the Informal Logic Initiative (ILI) began in North America in the 70s. That will lead to a discussion of what is meant by 'informal logic' and how it stands related to cognates such as formal logic, critical thinking, and argumentation. In Section 3, I discuss what I take to be basic theses about argumentation that have emerged from the informal logic perspective. In Section 4, I discuss some achievements of informal logic, and in Section 5, I discuss several interesting recent developments and in Section 6, I discuss the possible future developments. I conclude with some remarks on the importance of the Informal Logic Initiative in Section 7.

Keywords

EN

ARGUMENT; ARGUMENTATION THEORY; CRITICAL THINKING; DEDUCTIVISM; FORMAL LOGIC; INFORMAL LOGIC; LOGIC; PRAGMATICS

Discipline

• LIBRARY_&_INFORMATION_SCIENCE: LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 16(29)
• Pages: 17-46
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Johnson Ralph H.

• Ralph H. Johnson, University of Windsor Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA10152