THE EVOLUTION OF ARGUMENTATION: THE SPERBER/MERCIER THEORY

• Fri, 10/05/2012

KEYNOTE Speaker: HUGO MERCIER University of Neuchâtel Panelists: Dr. Mark
Aakhus, Communications, Rutgers University Dr. Lori Buchanan, Psychology,
University of Windsor Dr. Ian Hacking, Philosophy, University Professor
Emeritus, University of Toronto; Permanent Chair in the History and
Philosophy of Scientific Concepts, Collège de France Dr. Burkhard Schafer,
Computational Legal Theory, School of Law, University of Edinburgh Chairs:
Dr. Douglas Walton, CRRAR & Assumption Chair in Argumentation Studies,
University of Windsor Dr. Steve Patterson, Philosophy, Marygrove College,
Detroit. Sponsored by: THE CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN REASONING, ARGUMENTATION,
AND RHETORIC (CRRAR) Times: Friday: Keynote and Panelists’ Responses: 2:30
to 5:30. Reception to follow. Open to all, no registration necessary.
Saturday Workshop: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Lunch to follow. Limited space,
registration necessary. Please register by September 15. Venue: Both Days:
Freed-Orman Centre, Assumption University on the campus of the University of
Windsor Sponsored by: The Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation,
and Rhetoric (CRRAR) and Assumption University For more directions and to
register for the Saturday morning, please contact: Anna Marro,
crrar@uwindsor.ca (519)253-3000 ext. 2408   Details on the Argumentative
Theory of Reasoning are discussed here: The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/15/arts/people-argue-just-to-win-scholars...
The Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/nov/27/reasoning-gut-instinc...