Doug Walton

Douglas Neil Walton is a Canadian argumentation theorists, the influential contributions to informal logic, has developed into logical fallacies and argumentation.

Life

Walton earned his Ph.D. 1972 at the University of Toronto and then taught for many years at the University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, as well as a professor or fellow at several other North American and European universities. Currently he is the owner of the Assumption Chair in argumentation Studies at the University of Windsor in Canada and Distinguished Research Fellow of the Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation and Rhetoric.

Work

Walton is particularly concerned with logical and non - logical fallacies and cooperates closely with the partially logician John Woods together. Walton's argumentation theoretical work are also used in legal contexts and in developing the capabilities of artificial intelligence. The pragma - dialectical Frans H. van Eemeren summarized the cooperation of Woods and Walton as Woods -Walton approach and evaluated the work as a significant contribution to the study of fallacies since Hamblin.

Works (selection)

• Witness Testimony Evidence: Argumentation, Artificial Intelligence and Law, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008.
• Informal Logic: A Pragmatic Approach, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008.
• Chris Reed and Fabrizio Macagno: Argumentation Schemes, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008.
• John Woods: Fallacies: Selected Papers 1972-1982, 2nd Edition, College Publications, London, 2007.