J. Anthony Blair
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John Anthony Blair (born 12 August 1941) is a Canadian philosopher.
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Born | John Anthony Blair 1941 (age 82ā83) Ottawa, Ontario |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Occupation | Professor |
Known for | One of the founding members of the informal logic movement in North America |
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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]