Historical Foundations of Informal Logic

This work looks at the rise in interest in the last 20 years, in teaching techniques of applied logical reasoning and critical thinking. It stresses that many universities are now using this skill at an introductory level, and to meet the need, informal logic has begun to form and grow as a discipline in its own right. Like other subjects, it helps if the subject can be situated within a context of historical development. This collection of essays seeks to provide the reading required to understand the development of this subject.

ISBN	1859725880	Pages	194
ISBN13	9781859725887 (What's this?)	Volumes	001
Publisher	Ashgate Publishing Group	Weight (grammes)	425
Imprint	Ashgate Publishing Limited	Published in	Aldershot
Format	Hardback	Series editor	Lamb, David, Lamb, David, Lamb, David
Publication date	26 Aug 1997	Series title	Avebury Series in Philosophy
Library of Congress	BC	Height (mm)	157
DEWEY	160	Width (mm)	225
DEWEY edition	DC21	Academic level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

	Contributors
	Acknowledgements
1	Introduction by Douglas Walton and Alan Brinton	1
2	The logic of Greek sophistry by John Poulakos	12
3	The roots of informal logic in Plato by James Benjamin	25
4	Aristotle and informal logic by Pamela Huby	36
5	Forms of argumentation in medieval dialectic by Alan R. Perreiah	51
6	The Port Royal Logic by Russell Wahl	67
7	The Logick of Isaac Watts by Alan Brinton	84
8	Whately and the study of fallacious reasoning by Raymie E. McKerrow	99
9	Jeremy Bentham's Handbook of Political Fallacies by Rob Grootendorst	114
10	Mill on inference and fallacies by Hans V. Hansen	125
11	Kant and informal logic by Hud Hudson	144
12	Informal logic in the twentieth century by Ralph H. Johnson and J. Anthony Blair	158
	Index of names	178

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