Douglas N. Walton

Douglas Neil Walton (2 June 1942 – 3 January 2020) was a Canadian academic and author, known for his books and papers on argumentation, logical fallacies and informal logic. He was a Distinguished Research Fellow of the Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation, and Rhetoric (CRRAR) at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and before that (2008–2014), he held the Assumption Chair of Argumentation Studies at the University of Windsor. Walton's work has been used to better prepare legal arguments and to help develop artificial intelligence.

A special issue of the journal ''Informal Logic'' surveyed Walton's contributions to informal logic and argumentation theory up to 2006. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Appeal to popular opinion / by Walton, Douglas Neil, 1942-

    Published 1999
    Book
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    Commitment in dialogue : basic concepts of interpersonal reasoning / by Walton, Douglas Neil, 1942-

    Published 1995
    Book
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    Ad hominem arguments / by Walton, Douglas Neil, 1942-

    Published 1998
    Book
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    The new dialectic : conversational contexts of argument / by Walton, Douglas Neil, 1942-

    Published 1998
    Book
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    Arguments from ignorance / by Walton, Douglas Neil, 1942-

    Published 1996
    Book
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    Appeal to expert opinion : arguments from authority / by Walton, Douglas Neil, 1942-

    Published 1997
    Book
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    A pragmatic theory of fallacy / by Walton, Douglas Neil, 1942-

    Published 1995
    Book
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    Appeal to pity / by Walton, Douglas Neil, 1942-

    Published 1997
    Book