A selection of papers from a conference organized by the International Society for the Study of Argumentation in Amsterdam, June 1990.

Argumentation theory is a distinctly multidisciplinary field of inquiry. It draws its data, assumptions, and methods from disciplines as disparate as formal log

Argumentation, which can be abstractly defined as the interaction of different arguments for and against some conclusion, is an important skill to learn for eve

Argumentation is all around us. Letters to the Editor often make points of cons- tency, and “Why” is one of the most frequent questions in language, asking

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 info