J. Anthony Blair
Canadian philosopher
J. Anthony Blair
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1941 (age
81
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82)
Ottawa, Ontario
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Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Occupation | Professor |
Known for | One of the founding members of the informal logic movement in North America |
John Anthony Blair (born 12 August 1941) is a Canadian philosopher.
Along with his colleague Ralph Johnson , he has been credited as one of the founding members of the informal logic movement in North America. The two co-published one of the movement's most influential texts, "Logical Self-Defense". Blair is also co-founder of the Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation, and Rhetoric , co-founder of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (OSSA), and a founding board member of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA). [1] [2]
Before academia
Blair was born in Ottawa , Ontario , and attended Fisher Park High School. [3] He was Canadian Junior Downhill and Alpine Combined ski champion 1958, [4] and played on McGill Intercollegiate Football championship teams (1960 and 1962). [5] [6]
Academia
Blair studied at the University of Michigan and McGill University . He taught philosophy at the University of Windsor from 1967 until 2006, serving two terms as the head of that department. [2] He is currently professor emeritus at the University of Windsor. [7]
Blair's publications have focused on argumentation theory , critical thinking , informal logic , and visual argumentation.
Selected works
- Logical Self Defense (New U.S. Edition, IDEBATE, 2006)
- Groundwork in the Theory of Argumentation: Selected Papers of J. Anthony Blair (Dordrecht: Springer, 2012)
References
- ↑ "Windsor Daily News, March 14, 2007" . Archived from the original on January 18, 2018 . Retrieved March 6, 2016 .
- 1 2 "CRRAR at UWindsor" . Archived from the original on 2017-10-25 . Retrieved 2016-03-06 .
- ↑ FiPaHi yearbook
- ↑ OttawaSkiClub Yearbook 1958-59
- ↑ OldMcGill 1960, 1962
- ↑ 2006 Logical Self-Defense, Ralph H. Johnson and J. Anthony Blair. New York: IDEA. Pg. vii
- ↑ "UWindsor Philosophy Faculty" .
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