Michael A. Gilbert's writings in Argumentation Theory
This page provides a wide selection of my writings in Argumentation Theory. I have placed several key essays at the top. They are followed by others in order of their publication. The very first essay is a talk that provides an overview of my theory.
Gilbert, Michael A. "Historyof a New Field"
Gilbert, Michael A. "Modes, Coalescence, & Pragma-Dialectics." A talk first presented to the Instituut voor Neerlandistiek of the University of Amsterdam. 1995.
Gilbert, Michael A. (1994). "Feminism, Argumentation and Coalescence." Informal Logic, 16:2: 95 113.
Gilbert, Michael A. (1995). "Arguments and Arguers." Teaching Philosophy, 18:2Je 95; 18(2): 125 138 English: 125-138.
Gilbert, Michael A. "What Is an Emotional Argument, or, Why Do Argumentation Theorists Argue with their Mates?" Presented at Proceedings of the Third Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation. 1995. Amsterdam, NL.
Gilbert, Michael A. (1996). "Goals In Argumentation", in D. M. Gabbay and H. J. Ohlbach, (eds.), Practical Reasoning: International conference on Formal and Applied Practical Reasoning. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Gilbert, Michael A. "Prolegomenon to a Pragmatics of Emotion." Presented at 1st International Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation. 1997. St. Catherine's, ON CA.
Gilbert, Michael A. "Language, Words and Expressive Speech Acts." Presented at Proceedings of the Fourth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation. 1999. Amsterdam, NL.
Gilbert, Michael A. "Agreement/Disagreement." Presented at 3rd International Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation. 2000. Windsor, ON CA.
Gilbert, Michael A. "Getting Good Value: Facts, Values, and Goals In Computational Linguistics." Presented at International Conference on Computational Science. 2001. San Francisco.
Gilbert, Michael A. "Ideal Argumentation." Presented at 4th International Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation. 2001. Windsor, ON CA.
Gilbert, Michael A. (2002). "Effing the Ineffable: The Logocentric Fallacy in Argumentation." Argumentation, 16:1: 21-32.
Gilbert, Michael A. ""But why call it an Argument?: In Defense of the Linguistically Inexplicable." Presented at Informal Logic at 25. 2003. Windsor, ON.
Gilbert, Michael A. (2004). "Emotion, Argumentation & Informal Logic." Informal Logic, 24:3: 245-264.
Gilbert, Michael A. (2007) "Informal Logic and Intrsectionality" In Reason Reclaimed: Essays in Honor of J. Anthony Blair and Ralph H. Johnson, edited by H. V. Hansen and R. C. Pinto: ValePress.
Gilbert, Michael A. (2007). "Natural Normativity: Argumentation Theory as an engaged discipline." Informal Logic, 27:2: 149-161.