Call for papers for the 8th ISSA Conference on Argumentation
From July 1 to July 4, 2014, the 8th Conference of the International Society for the Study of
Argumentation (ISSA) will be held at the University of Amsterdam. The aim of the conference is to
draw together scholars from a variety of disciplines that are working in the field of argumentation
theory.
The keynote speakers are:
Frans H. van Eemeren (University of Amsterdam & ILIAS)
J. Anthony Blair (University of Windsor)
Jeanne Fahnestock (University of Maryland)
The planning committee of the 8th ISSA Conference invites presentations of original, non-published
work on argumentation. Argumentation theorists, (informal) logicians, discourse analysts,
communication scholars, rhetoricians, legal scholars, AI scholars, and other scholars involved in
the study of argumentation are all encouraged to take part.
Anyone who wishes to present a paper can submit an abstract in English to the planning committee
via the following website: www.conftool.pro/issa2014. Abstracts (max. 300 words), prepared for
blind refereeing, must be submitted no later than October 1, 2013.
Among the conference themes are:
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Argument schemes |
Persuasion research |
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Argumentation structures |
Interpersonal argumentation |
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Fallacies |
Visual argumentation |
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Theoretical issues |
Religious argumentation |
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Argumentative strategies |
Argumentation and epistemology |
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Argumentation and stylistics |
Argumentation in the media |
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Ethos and pathos in argumentation |
Argumentation in a medical context |
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Analysis of controversies |
Argumentation in a legal context |
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Argumentation in debate |
Argumentation in a political context |
The planning committee consists of Francisca Snoeck Henkemans, Bart Garssen, Gordon
Mitchell and David Godden. This website will be regularly updated to provide further information on the 8th ISSA Conference. The address of the planning committee is:
University of Amsterdam
Department of Speech Communication, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric
Spuistraat 134
1012 VB Amsterdam
email: issa-fgw@uva.nl. |
