Visiting Researchers

Current Researchers (2010-2011):

Minghui Xiong

Prof. Dr. XIONG Minghui, is Full Professor and Vice-Director of the Institute of Logic and Cognition at Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, P.R. China. He is visiting CRRAR from March to August.

Trudy Govier

CRRAR Distinguished Visiting Researcher

Trudy Govier is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Lethbridge. She has been active in the field of informal logic and argumentation studies for many years and is the author of the widely used text, A Practical Study of Argument (seven editions) and several collections including The Philosophy of Argument (1999).  Govier also writes in the area of social philosophy and takes a keen interest in issues pertaining to peace and conflict. She has been active in the not-for-profit sector and is known for her ability to relate philosophical themes to real world practical problems.

Dr. Steven Patterson

CRRAR is pleased to welcome Dr. Steven Patterson from the Philosophy Department at Marygrove College, Detroit, as Visiting Research Fellow for the period September 1, 2009 - June 30, 2011. Professor Patterson has his Ph.D. in philosophy from Wayne State University (2003). He specializes in social and political theory, ethics, and human rights. His recent research involves the incorporation and application of insights from argumentation theory to problems in democratic theory. While a CRRAR Visiting Fellow he will be developing both new and existing projects on dialogical norms for religiously based political participation, the role of truth as a norm in civic discourse, the social value of argumentation, and the definition of argument