Rigour and Reason : Essays in Honour of Hans Vilhelm Hansen
Synopsis
Built in the centre of Copenhagen, and noted for its equestrian stairway, the Rundetaarn (Round Tower), was intended as an astronomical observatory. Part of a complex of buildings that once included a university library, it affords expansive views of the city in every direction, towering above what surrounds it. The metaphor of the towering figure, who sees what others might not, whose vantage point allows him to visualize how things fit together, and who has an earned-stature of respect and authority, fits another Danish stalwart, Hans Vilhelm Hansen, whose contributions to the fields of informal logic and argument theory have earned the gratitude of his colleagues, and inspired this collection of essays, written to express the appreciation of its authors and of the many, many colleagues they represent.
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Aristotle's Conception of a Fallacy
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Mill and the Duty to Argue
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Russell and Aristotle on First PrinciplesA Surprising Concurrence
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Opposition and Polarization
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Norms of Advocacy
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Justification in Ethics
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Just Following the RulesCollapse/Incoherence Problems in Ethics, Epistemology, and Argumentation Theory
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Flew on the Presumption of Atheism and His Case for DeismA Perspective from Argumentation Theory
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How to Define An Informal Logic
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Argumentation Schemes and AudiencesWhat Rhetoric Can Bring to Scheme Theory
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The Straw Man and its Baby Semantics
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Hansen on the Structure of Balance-of-Considerations Arguments
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Christian Kock’s Attack on Sufficiency
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Tools for Teaching and Learning Basic Argumentation Skills
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Mill’s Defense of a Rawlsian Conception of Social Justice
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Rhetorical Analysis of Aesthetic Power – in Music and Oratory
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