Biography

Books

Articles

Other Links

Post-Secondary Education:

Xavier University 1958-62

University of Notre Dame 1962-66

• M.A. 1967 Philosophy
• Ph.D. 1972 Philosophy

Professional Memberships

Ontario Philosophical Society, 1984-

Canadian Philosophical Association, 1966-1996

Association for Informal Logic and Critical Thinking

National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking, 1990-

Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 1993 -

International Society for the Study of Argumentation, 1986-

Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, 1995-

Royal Society of Canada, 2003

• 1993 3M Teaching Fellowship Award (STLHE)
• 1993 Lieutenant Governor Laurel Award for Teaching
• 1994 Appointed University Professor, University of Windsor
• 2000 Recipient, ISSA Award
• Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
• Nominated, UWSA Teaching Award

Publications

Books authored or co-authored

1972 The Concept of Existence in the CONCLUDING UNSCIENTIFIC POSTSCRIPT, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, pp. xvi + 226.

1977 Logical Self-Defense, Ralph H. Johnson and J. Anthony Blair. First Edition. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, pp.

1983 Logical Self-Defense, Ralph H. Johnson and J. Anthony Blair. Second Edition. Toronto, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, pp. xvii + 262.

1993 Logical Self-Defense, Ralph H. Johnson and J. Anthony Blair. Third Edition. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson. Pp. xvii + 332.

1994 Logical Self-Defense, Ralph H. Johnson and J. Anthony Blair. First U.S. Edition. New York: McGraw Hill. Pp. xiii + 312.

1994 Instructor's Manual for Logical Self-Defense, U.S. version. Ralph H. Johnson and J. Anthony Blair. Pp. 120.

1996 The Rise of Informal Logic, Newport News, VA: The Vale Press. Pp. xix + 282.

2000 Manifest Rationality: A Pragmatic Study of Argument, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Pp. xiii + 391.

Books edited or co-edited

1980 Informal Logic: The First International Symposium. J. Anthony Blair and Ralph H. Johnson, eds. Inverness, CA, Edgepress: pp. xvi + 172.

1994 New Essays in Informal Logic, Ralph H. Johnson and J. Anthony Blair, eds., Windsor: Informal Logic Enterprises. Pp. 172.

1996 Fundamentals of Argumentation Theory: A Handbook of Historical Backgrounds and Contemporary Developments, ed. Frans H. van Eemeren, Rob Grootendorst and Francisca Snoeck Henkemans, with J. Anthony Blair, Ralph H. Johnson, Erik C.W. Krabbe, Christian Plantin, Douglas N. Walton, Charles A. Willard, John Woods and David Zarefsky, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

2002 Handbook of the Logic of Argument and Inference: The Turn toward the Practical Reasoning, ed. Dov Gabbay, Ralph H. Johnson, Hans-Jurgen Ohlbach and John Woods.

Amsterdam: Elsivier. Pp. x & 498. . (ISBN: 0-444-50650-0)

Chapters contributed to books

2003 The Dialectical Tier Revisited, in Anyone Who has a View: Theoretical Contributions to the Study of Argumentation, eds. Frans H. van Eemeren, J. Anthony Blair, Charles A. Willard, and A. Francisca Snoeck Henkemans. Dorcrecht: Kluwer Academic Publsiers. Pp, 41-54.

2002 "Informal Logic and the Reconfiguration of Logic," (with J.A. Blair), in Gabbay et al., pp.339-396.

1997 "Informal Logic in the 20th Century," (with J. A. Blair) in Historical Foundations of Informal Logic, eds. Douglas Walton and Alan Brinton, Aldershot: Ashgate, 158-173.

1996 "Informal Logic and Critical Thinking," (with J. A. Blair), Chapter 6 of Fundamentals of Argumentation Theory: A Handbook of Historical Backgrounds and Contemporary Developments, ed. Frans H. van Eemeren et al, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 163-188.

1996 Entry on Fallacy in The Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition : Communication from Ancient Times to the Information Age, ed.Theresa Enos, New York : Garland Publications.

1995 "The Blaze of Her Splendors" in Fallacies: Classical and Contemporary Readings, eds. Robert C. Pinto and Hans V. Hansen, University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press.

1993 "Barth and Dialectical Fields," in Empirical Logic and Public Debate: Essays in Honour of Else. M. Barth, ed. Erik C.W. Krabbe, Renee Jose Dalitz, and Pier A. Smit, Amsterdam, Rodopi, pp. 201-210.

1992 "Critical Reasoning and Informal Logic," in Critical Reasoning and Contemporary Culture, ed. Richard A. Talaska, SUNY Press, pp. 69-88.

1991 "Contexts of Informal Reasoning: Commentary," with J.A. Blair, Informal Reasoning and Education, ed. James F. Voss, David N. Perkins & Judith N. Segal, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, pp. 131-50.

1989 "Informal Logic: A Thematic Account" J. Anthony Blair and Ralph H. Johnson, in Thinking, Reasoning and Writing, eds. Elaine Maimon, Barbara Nodine, and Finbar O'Connor. New York: Longman, pp.93-110.

1989 "The Fallacy Approach to Criticizing Arguments," Ralph H. Johnson and J. Anthony Blair, in Thinking, Reasoning and Writing, eds. Elaine Maimon, Barbara Nodine, and Finbar O'Connor. New York: Longman, pp. 111-124.

1988 "Poll-ution: Coping with Surveys and Polls" in Selected Issues In Logic and Communication, ed. Trudy Govier, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, pp. 163-77.

1980 "The Recent Development of Informal Logic," Ralph H. Johnson and J. Anthony Blair, in J. Anthony Blair and Ralph H. Johnson eds., Informal Logic: The First International Symposium, Inverness, CA: Edgepress, pp. 3-28.

1980 "A Bibliography of Recent Work in Informal Logic," Ralph H. Johnson and J. Anthony Blair, in J. Anthony Blair and Ralph H. Johnson eds., Informal Logic: The First International Symposium, Inverness, CA: Edgepress, pp. 163-72.

Articles in refereed journals: 25

2002, "Manifest Rationality Reconsidered: Reply to My Fellow Symposiasts" Argumentation, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 311-331.

2002 "Intrepreting Shell’s ‘Clear Thinking in Troubled Times,’" Informal Logic/Teaching Supplement, Vol, 21. No. 3, pp. TS39-47.

2000 "Informal Logic: An Overview." Informal Logic, Vol, 20, pp. 93-108.

1999 "Reasoning, Argument and The Network Problem," Protosociology, Vol. 13, pp. 14-28.

1999 "The Relation between Formal and Informal Logic," Argumentation, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 265-74.

1996 "Critical Thinking and Command of Language," Inquiry, Winter 1996, Vol. 16, No.2, pp. 78-92.

1994 "Argumentation: A Pragmatic Perspective," Inquiry, April/May, Volume 13, No. 3-4, pp. 3-9.

1993 "Rescher's Contribution to Informal Logic," [with J. A. Blair], Informal Logic: Special Issue on Nicholas Rescher, 14, pp. 1-4.

1991 "Teaching Critically," APA Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy, Vol. 90, No. 3 [Fall], pp. 59-64.

1991 "In Response to Walton," Philosophy and Rhetoric, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 362-66.

1991 "The Place of Argumentation in the Theory of Reasoning," Communication and Cognition, Vol. 24, pp. 5-14.

1991 "Misconceptions of Informal Logic: A Reply to McPeck" [with J. A. Blair], Teaching Philosophy, Vol. 14 [March], pp. 35-52.

1990 "Hamblin on The Standard Treatment," Philosophy and Rhetoric, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 153-67.

1990 "Acceptance is Not Enough: A Critique of Hamblin," Philosophy and Rhetoric, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 271-287.

1989 "Massey on Fallacy and Informal Logic: A Reply," Synthese, 80, pp. 407-26.

1988 Critical Notice of Gilbert Harman Change in View in Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 18, No. 1 (March 1988), pp. 163-78.

1987 "The Blaze of Her Splendors: Suggestions about Revitalizing Fallacy Theory," Argumentation, Vol. 1, No. 3 (November 1987), pp. 239-53.

1987 "Argumentation as Dialectical," J. Anthony Blair and Ralph H. Johnson, Argumentation, Vol. 1, No. 1, (March 1987), pp. 41-56.

1987 "The Current State of Informal Logic," (with J. A. Blair), Informal Logic, Vol. 9, No. 2-3, pp. 147-51.

1985 "Informal Logic: The Past Five Years, 1978-83," Ralph H. Johnson and J. Anthony Blair, American Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 3, July, 1985, pp.181-96.

1985 "Some Observations about Teaching Critical Thinking," CT News, Vol.4, No. 1, September-October 1985, pp. 1, pp. 5-6.

1983 "A Bibliography of Recent Work in Informal Logic," Ralph H. Johnson and J. Anthony Blair, Informal Logic Newsletter, Vol. V, No. 3, July 1983, pp. 3-15.

1981 "The New Logic Course: The State of the Art in Non-formal Methods of Argument Analysis," Teaching Philosophy, Vol. 4, pp. 123-43.

1981 "Charity Begins at Home: Some Reflections on the Principle of Charity," Informal Logic Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 4-9.

1981 "Toulmin's Bold Experiment: An Appreciation and Critique of Toulmin's An Introduction to Reasoning in Informal Logic Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 16-27, and Vol 3. No. 3, pp.13-20.

1978 "Kierkegaard on Philosophy," Dialogue, Vol. XVII, pp. 442-55.

Conference Proceedings

"Why ‘Visual Arguments’ aren’t Arguments." In Hans V. Hansen, Christopher Tindale, J. Anthony Blair and Ralph H. Johnson (Eds), Informal Logic at 25, University of Windsor, CD-ROM.

2005 "Commentary on Christopher Tindale’s "The Truth about Orangutans." In Hans V. Hansen, Christopher Tindale, J. Anthony Blair and Ralph H. Johnson (Eds), Informal Logic at 25, University of Windsor, CD-ROM.

2005 "Remembering the First Symposium" In Hans V. Hansen, Christopher Tindale, J. Anthony Blair and Ralph H. Johnson (Eds), Informal Logic at 25,University of Windsor, CD-ROM.

2004 "Still More on Arguer’s and Their Dialectical Obligations." In Hans V. Hansen, Christopher W. Tindale, J. Anthony Blair and Ralph H. Johnson (Eds.), Argumentation and its Applications: Proceedings of the Fourth OSAA Conference, University of Windsor, (May 2001). CD-ROM. [20 pp. 5000 words]

2004 "Comment on Kauffelds’ ‘Grice without the Co-operative Principle,’" In Hans V. Hansen, Christopher W. Tindale, J. Anthony Blair and Ralph H. Johnson (Eds.), Argumentation and its Applications: Proceedings of the Fourth OSAA Conference, University of Windsor, (May 2001). CD-ROM. [13 pp. 3200 words

2003. "The Dialectical Tier Revisited." In: van Eemeren, Frans H. van, Rob Grootendorst, J. Anthony Blair & Charles A. Willard, (Eds.), Anyone who Has View: Theoretical Contributions to the Study of Argumentation, 41-54

2000 "Informal Logic: An Overview" (with J.A. Blair), Informal Logic, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 93-108.

1999 "The Problem of Truth for Theories of Argument." In: van Eemeren, Frans H. van, Rob Grootendorst, J. Anthony Blair & Charles A. Willard, eds. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation. Amsterdam: Sic Sat, pp. 411-416.

1999 "More on Arguers and Their Dialectical Obligations," In: Proceedings of the 3rd Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, Eds. H. V. Hansen and Christopher Tindale. St. Catharines, ON: CD-Rom,

1997 "Argumentative Space: Logical and Rhetorical Approaches," in Proceedings of the 2nd Conference of Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, Eds. Hans.V. Hansen. Christopher W. Tindale and Athena V. Colman. St. Catharines, ON: CD-Rom,

1995 "The Principle of Vulnerability," in Informal Logic: Argumentation and Education, Eds. Hans V. Hansen and Christopher W. Tindale, 17, pp. 259-269.

1995 "Informal logic and Pragma-dialectics: Some differences," in Frans van Eemeren, Rob Grootendorst, J. Anthony Blair and Charles Willard, eds., Perspectives and Approaches: Proceedings of the Third ISSA Conference on Argumentation, Volume I, Amsterdam: SicSat, pp. 237-245.

1994 "Informal Logic: Past and Present" [with J. A. Blair] in News Essays in Informal Logic, eds. Ralph H Johnson and J. A. Blair, Windsor: Informal Logic.

1993 "Dissent in FallacyLand: Problems with Willard and van Eemeren and Grootendorst," (with J. A. Blair) Argument and the Postmodern Challenge, ed. Raymie McKerrow, Annandale, VA: Speech Communication Association, pp. 188-93.

1993 "The Impact of the Continuum Hypothesis on Theories of Evaluation," in Argumentation Illuminated: The Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Argumentation. ed. Frans H. van Eemeren, Rob Grootendorst, J. Anthony Blair, and Charles Willard. Amsterdam: Sic-Sat, pp. 148-59.

1992 "Informal Logic: Past, Present and Future," [with J. A. Blair] in News Essays in Informal Logic, eds. Ralph H Johnson and J. A. Blair, Windsor: Informal Logic Enterprises.

1992 "The Problem of Defining Critical Thinking," in The Generalizability of Critical Thinking, ed. S. P. Norris, New York: Teachers College Press, pp. 38-53.

1992 "Informal Logic and Politics," in Logic and Political Culture, ed. E. M. Barth and E.C.W. Krabbe, Amsterdam: North Holland Publishing Company, pp. 133-44.

1987 "Why We Reason Poorly: Psychodynamics vs Psychologic" in Proceedings of Conference 87, Center for Critical Thinking, Christopher Newport College, pp. 14-26.

1987 "Logic Naturalized: Recovering a Tradition," in Argumentation: Across the Lines of Discipline, eds. Frans van Eemeren, Rob Grootendorst, J. Anthony Blair, and Charles A. Willard, Dordrecht: Foris Publications, pp. 47-56.

1986 "On Reasoning" in Proceedings of Conference 86, Center for Critical Thinking, Christopher Newport College, Newport News, VA.

1985 "A Schema on Reasoning," in Mozart, Glenn Miller and Madonna: Bridging the Gap, ed. Elizabeth Baer. Proceedings of the 1985 Mellon Development Program. N.P., pp. 27-33.

1980 "The Recent Development of Informal Logic" (with J. A. Blair) in Informal Logic, eds. J. Anthony Blair and Ralph H. Johnson, Inverness, CA: Edgepress, pp. 3-28.

1980 "A Bibliography of Recent Work in Informal Logic" (with J.A. Blair) in Informal Logic, eds. J. Anthony Blair and Ralph H. Johnson, Inverness, CA: Edgepress, pp. 163-71.

1970 "Wittgenstein: Philosophy and Grammar," Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, 44: pp. 99-107.

Book reviews

Kierkegaard: An Introduction by Hermann Diem, in Dialogue (1968) 6: 625-27.

Basic Modern Philosophy of Religion by Frederick Ferre, in Dialogue (1968) 7:334-36.

To Will One Thing by Jeremy Walker, in Studies in Religion (1973) 3:195-96.

Cultures in Conflict by Otto Bird in The New Scholasticism (1978) 52:581-83.

Language: The Loaded Weapon by Dwight Bolinger in Canadian Philosophical Reviews (1984) 4:233-35.

A Pragmatic Theory of Fallacy by Douglas Walton in Argumentation (1998) 12, 115-123

Dialectic and Rhetoric by Frans H. van Eemeren and Peter Houtlosser (Eds.)

Papers delivered to professional associations

1970 "Wittgenstein: Philosophy and Grammar" at the annual meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, San Francisco, CA, April 17.

1970 "Response to `Faith--and Faith in Hypotheses' by John King-Farlow and William Christensen at the annual meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association, Winnipeg, June.

1974 "A Critique of Pop Science" at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, Toronto, May 24.

1980 "Recent Developments in Informal Logic: A Review of Some Methods of Analyzing Extended Arguments" at the 3rd National Workshop Conference on Teaching Philosophy, Toledo, August 12.

1981 "The New Logic Course" at the Western Division of the American Philosophical Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 7.

1981 "Blue Light From the Idol" to the Detroit-Windsor Chapter of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, October 31.

1982 "Neat and Tidy Arguments" at the annual meetings of the Canadian Philosophical Association, Ottawa, June 3.

1982 "Response to `The Possibility of an Empirical Science of Ethics' by Denis Sullivan" (with Prof. John U. Lewis) at the annual meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association Houston, Texas.

1982 "Neat and Tidy Arguments" to the Detroit-Windsor Chapter of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, October 13.

1985 "What Belongs in a University-Level Critical Thinking Course?" at the Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, March 24.

1985 "Philosophy and Critical Thinking" at the meeting of the Association for Informal Logic and Critical thinking, held with annual meetings of the Canadian Philosophical Association, Montreal, June 9.

1985 "Response to `Wittgenstein's Criticism of Russell's Theory of Judgment'" at the annual meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association, Montreal, June 8.

1985 "Aquinas Rediscovered: Thoughts About Logic and Reasoning" to the Detroit-Windsor Chapter of the American Catholic Philosophical association, November 16.

1986 "Yes: A Response to Rohatyn's `Can Fallacy Theory be Saved?'" at the meetings of the Association for Informal Logic and Critical Thinking at Los Angeles, March 27.

1986 "Logic Naturalized: Recovering a Tradition" at the annual meeting of the Ontario Philosophical Society, York University, October 16.

1987 "Marsupialism Declined: Toward a Pragmatic Theory of Vagueness" at the annual meetings of the Canadian Philosophical Association, Hamilton, May 25.

1987 "The Agony and the Ecstasy: Remarks on Teaching Critical Thinking" at the meetings of the Association of Community Colleges of Canada, Hamilton, June 4.

1988 "Thinking Critically About Mass Media," AILACT session, Central Division, American Philosophical association, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 30.

1988 "What's Wrong With Harman's Principles?" at the annual meetings of the Canadian Philosophical Association, University of Windsor, May 29.

1988 "On Defining Critical Thinking," at the meeting of the Association for Informal Logic and Critical Thinking, University of Windsor, May 28.

1988 "Critical Thinking in the Faculty of Education Curriculum," with J. A. Blair, at the meeting of Canadian Society for Studies in Education, June 4.

1988 "Is Conventional Logic Sexist? Is A Feminist Logic Needed" at Workshop on Feminism, Critical Theory and the Canadian Legal System, University of Windsor, June 5.

1988 Response to Garay's "Empires of the Mind," at the meetings of the Canadian Historical Association, June 9.

1988 "The Current State of Informal Logic/Critical Thinking" [co-authored with Prof. J. A. Blair, at the World Congress of Philosophy, Brighton, England, August 21.

1988 "The Place of Argumentation in the Theory of Reasoning" to the Roundtable on Argumentation, at the World Congress of Philosophy, Brighton, England, August 26.

1989 "Hamblin's Fallacies Revisited," at the meetings of the Canadian Philosophical Association, Laval, PQ, May 28.

1989 "Some Remarks on Logical Virtue," at the meetings of the Ontario Philosophical Society, McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario, October 20.

1990 "The Network Problem and the Theory of Reasoning," at the meeting of the Association for Informal Logic and Critical Thinking, held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Los Angeles, March 29.

1991 "Walton's Inferentialist Concept of Reasoning," to the annual meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association, Kingston, Ontario, May 27.

1992 "The Principle of Discrimination," to the Ontario Philosophical Society, University of Western Ontario, October 17.

1993 "The Contribution of Informal Logic to the Theory of Reasoning," Keynote Address delivered to the Atlantic Philosophical Association, St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 1.

1994 "Pragma-dialectics and Informal Logic: Some Differences," the Third International Conference on Argumentation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 22.

1994 "Some Objections to Content-Specificity," At the Sixth International Conference on Thinking, MIT, Boston, Massachusetts, July 21.

1995 "The Principle of Vulnerability," at the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, Brock University, May 5-6.

1996 "Critical Thinking in the Electronic Era," at Ontario College and University Library Association, SuperConference II, Toronto, February 9.

1996 "Arguments and Dialectical Obligations," Ontario Philosophical Society, Brock University, October 19.

1997 "Argumentative Space: Logical and Rhetorical Approaches" at the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, Brock University, May 17.

1997 "Narrowing the Gap: Reflections on Toulmin's Revolution," Ontario Philosophical Society, Toronto, November 1.

1998 "The Relation between Formal and Informal Logic," AILACT Session, Western Division of the American Philosophical Association, Chicago, May 7.

1998 "The Philosophical Significance of Informal Logic," (with J.A. Blair) at the AILACT sessions, World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, August 13.

1998 "The Problem of Truth for Theories of Argument," the Fourth International Conference on Argumentation, Amsterdam, June 19.

*1999 "More on Arguers and their Dialectical Obligations," at the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, Brock University, May 18.

*2000 "Grice Revisited: Reflections on 'Logic and Communication'," Panel on Informal Logic and Communication, Central States Communication Association, Detroit, April 13.

*2000 "What is an Objection?" Ontario Philosophical Society, McMaster University, October 28.

2000 Symposium on Manifest Rationality: Response to papers by H. V. Hansen (Windsor), C. Tindale (Trent), D. Hitchcock (McMaster) and L. Groarke (Wilfrid Laurier), Ontario Philosophical Society, McMaster University, October 28.

2001 Analysis of "Clear Thinking in Troubled Times," OSSA Preconference, Northwestern University, May 15.

2001 "Still More on Arguers and Their Dialectical Obligations," at the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, University of Windsor, May 18.

2001 "Comment on Kauffelds’ Grice without the Cooperative Principle," at the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, Brock University, May 17.

2003 "Why "Visual Arguments" aren’t Arguments," Informal Logic at 25, University of Windsor, May 17.

"The Truth about the Canals on Mars: A Response to Tindale," Informal Logic at 25, Windsor, May 15.

"Thinking and the Box," a paper prepared for the IDEA Conference on Creativity, St. Clair College, June. (Not delivered)

2004 NCA

2005 AILACT

Invited Addresses and Papers

1976 "Kierkegaard and Philosophy" at the Canadian Studies on Kierkegaard Conference, University of Windsor, June.

1977 "Kierkegaard on Philosophy" to the Department of Philosophy at McGill University, February 17.

1978 "The Recent Development of Informal Logic" at the Symposium on Informal Logic, University of Windsor, June 22.

1978 "Moore and the Fiction of Ordinary Consciousness" to the Department of Philosophy at Trent University, November 15.

1981 "Remarks on the Logic of Opinion" at Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, Philosophy Colloquium, March 16.

1981 "Blue Light from the Idol: Reflections on Media Logic," at Sonoma State University, Conference on Critical Thinking, Moral Education and Rationality, May 13.

1982 "The Gospel according to Informal Logic" to the California State University Conference on Critical Thinking, Sacramento, March 22.

1982 "The Ecology of Argument: Some Thoughts on an Endangered Species," at Sonoma State University, Second National Conference on Critical Thinking, Moral Education and Rationality, May 15.

1983 "Informal Logic: The Past Five Years" (with J.A. Blair) at the Second International Symposium on Informal Logic at the University of Windsor, June 16.

1983 "Critical Thinking: What Can Be Done in the Classroom?" to the Community College Humanities Association Workshop Conference on Teaching Critical Thinking, St. Louis, October 17.

1983 "Critical Thinking and Advertising" & "The Student as Information Consumer" for the Cultural Activities Series, Henry Ford Community College, November 30.

1985 "In Defense of Fallacy Theory" to the Department of Philosophy at Wayne State University, January 17.

1985 " On Reasoning" at the Third International Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, July 20.

1985 "How to Argue Effectively," to the Iona Forum, University of Windsor, October 1.

1985 "The Agony and the Ecstasy: Remarks on Teaching Critical Thinking" at King's College, Wilkes-Barre, PA, October 15.

1985 "The New Logic Course: An Update" to the Eastern Pennsylvania Philosophical Association, King's College, Wilkes-Barre, PA, October 16.

1985 "On Reasoning" to the Department of Philosophy at McMaster University, November 23.

1985 "A Look Through the Window of Vulnerability: Some Remarks on the Place of Critical Thinking in the Curriculum" to the Professional Development at St. Clair Community College, November 30.

1986 "Logic Naturalized: recovering a tradition" to the International Conference on Argumentation, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, June 5.

1986 "On Reasoning: The Relevance of Some Recent Work in Cognitive Psychology" for Conference 86 on Critical Thinking at Christopher Newport College, April 11.

1986 "The Price You Pay: Remarks on Teaching Critical Thinking," University of Toledo, Department of Philosophy, May 9.

1986 "Getting Clear on Vagueness" Fourth International Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, August 4.

1986 "Getting Personal: A Look at Kierkegaard's Christian Discourses," at the Symposium on Kierkegaard's Acknowledged Works, Trinity College, University of Toronto, December 5.

1987 "The Importance of the Critical Thinking Movement for Educators," Faculty of Education, University of Windsor, February 4.

1987 "Why Do we Reason Poorly? Psychodynamics vs Psychologic," Conference 87 on Critical Thinking, Christopher Newport College, April 11.

1987 "Why Critical Literacy Now?" at Oakton Community College, Faculty Development Seminar, Chicago, June 17.

1988 "On Defining Critical Thinking," at Conference 88 on Critical Thinking, Christopher Newport College, April 5.

1988 "Using Informal Logic in the Classroom," at the Conference on Critical Literacy, Chicago, IL, April 21.

1988 "Reading the Popular Press," at the Conference on Critical Literacy, Chicago, IL, April 22.

1988 "Is Conventional Logic Sexist? Is a Feminist Logic Needed?", at the Sixth National and Eighth International Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, August 7.

1988 "The Whole Enchilada: Remarks on the Theory of Reasoning," at the Sixth National and Eighth International Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, August 9.

1989 "A Bite of the Whole Enchilada," at the Conference on Critical Literacy, Chicago, IL, April 14.

1989 "The Agony and the Ecstasy," at the Conference on Critical Literacy, Chicago, IL, April 14.

1989 "Informal Logic: Past and Present" (with J.A. Blair) delivered to the Third International Symposium on Informal Logic, University of Windsor, Windsor Ontario, June 15.

1989 "A Slice of the Whole Enchilada" at the Seventh International and Ninth National Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, August 7.

1989 "Acceptance is Not Enough: A Critique of Hamblin," at the Seventh International and Ninth National Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, August 8.

1989 "New Wine in Old Wineskins," at the Seventh International and Ninth National Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, August 9.

1989 "Critical Thinking and Generalizability from the Perspective of the Theory of Reasoning," at the Conference in Critical Thinking and Generalizability, Memorial University, St. John's Newfoundland, September 22-24.

1990 "Informal Logic and Politics," at the Colloquium on Logic and Politics, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, February 19-22.

1990 "Informal Logic and the Theory of Reasoning," to the Undergraduate Philosophy Club, University of Western Ontario, March 1.

1990 "The Impact of the Continuum Hypothesis on Theories of Evaluation," at the Second International Conference on Argumentation, University of Amsterdam, June 22-25.

1990 "Critical Thinking and Subliminal Advertising," at the Tenth National and Eighth International Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, August 5-8, 1990.

1990 "Psychodynamics vs. Psychologic: Why We Reason Poorly," at the Tenth National and Eighth International Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, August 5-8, 1990.

1990 "On Defining Critical Thinking," at the Tenth National and Eighth International Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, August 5-8, 1990.

1991 "The Agony and the Ecstasy: Remarks on Teaching Critical Thinking," at Facets of Gifted: A National Conference on Gifted Education, Ottawa, Ontario, February 7.

1991 "The Relevance of Relevance," to the Conference on Relevance in Argumentation, McMaster University, June 10.

1991 "Hamblin on Argumentation," a lecture delivered to the CARGA-ARGA Summer Institute on Argumentation, McMaster University, June 13.

1991 "Evaluating Arguments: Criteria vs. Rules," a lecture delivered to the CARGA-ARGA Summer Institute on Argumentation, McMaster University, June 13.

1991 "Language as the Tool of the Critical Thinker" at the 11th Annual International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 4.

1991 "Thinking Critically about Subliminal Advertising" at the 11th Annual International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 6.

1991 "Reasoning, Critical Thinking and the Network Problem" at the 11th Annual International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 7.

1992 "At the Core of Critical Thinking lies The Argument: Part I: Appreciating the Practice of Argumentation. Part II: Informal Logic and the Evaluation of Argumentation, at the 5th Annual Conference On Critical Literacy, Chicago, April 2.

1992 "The Need for Discrimination in Argument Analysis," at the 12th Annual Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 11.

1993 "The Limits of Critical Thinking," at the First Intermountain Critical Thinking Conference, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, June 20.

1993 "Argumentation: A Pragmatic Perspective," at the 13th Annual Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, August 3.

1993 "The Place of Informal Logic in the Theory of Argumentation," at the Dagstuhl Seminar on Practical Reasoning and Argumentation, Wadern, Germany, August 23.

1993 "The Contribution of Informal Logic to the Theory of Reasoning," Keynote Address delivered to the Atlantic Philosophical Association, St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 1.

1994 "Teaching in the 21st Century," Faculty of Law Series on The Future of the Academy in the 21st Century, March 16.

1994 "Teaching in the 21st Century," Faculty of Arts, University of Windsor, April 15.

1994 "Teaching Critically," at the Second Intermountain Conference on Critical Thinking, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 11.

1994 "Pragma-dialectics and Informal Logic: Some Differences," the Third International Conference on Argumentation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 22.

1994 "Some Objections to Content-Specificity," At the Sixth International Conference on Thinking, MIT, Boston, Massachusetts, July 21.

1995 "Logic, Critical Thinking and Faith: Their Place in the University of the Future," University Professor Inaugural Series, January 22.

1995 "An Overview on Critical Thinking," Keynote Address, North York School Board and OSSTF District #19, Focus 1995, April 28.

1995 "Critical Thinking and Information Skills," at the 24th annual Workshop on Library Instruction, Universite Laval, May 18.

1995 "The Principle of Vulnerability," at Conference95 on Informal Logic and Critical Thinking, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, June 16.

1995 "Intellectual Standards for Critical Thinking," Keynote Address, 15th International Conference on Critical Thinking," Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, August 1.

1996 "Critical Thinking and the Command of Language," Keynote Address, 16th International Conference on Critical Thinking," Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, July 29.

1996 "What contributions has feminism made to critical thinking?" Hot Topics Discussion (with Prof. Diane Romain), 16th International Conference on Critical Thinking," Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, July 29.

1996 Panel discussion: The Rise of Informal Logic, 16th International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, July 28;

1996 "The Need for a Dialectical Tier in Arguments" 16th International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, July 30.

1997 "The Case against Formal Deductive Logic (as a Tool for Teaching Critical Thinking)" (Invited Paper), 17th International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 5.

1997 "Narrowing the Gap: Further Reflections on Toulmin's Revolution," 17th International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 4.

1998 "The Philosophical Significance of Rock: A Nietzschean Interpretation," University of Nebraska at Omaha, April 15.

1998 "Narrowing the Gap: Further Reflections on Toulmin's Revolution," Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Nebraska at Omaha, April 15.

1998 "The Historical Context" (Keynote), Thinktank on Critical Thinking and Informal Logic, 18th International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 1.

1998 "The Role of Informal Logic in Critical Thinking," Thinktank on Critical Thinking and Informal Logic, 18th International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 2.

1998 "Teaching Critical Thinking: The Agony and the Ecstasy,: Thinktank on Critical Thinking and Informal Logic, 18th International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 4.

2000 "Grice Revisited: Reflections on 'Logic and Communication,’" Department of Philosophy, McMaster University, March 31.

2000 "Arguers and Their Dialectical Obligations," Department of Speech Communication, Northwestern University, May 13.

2000 Symposium on Tindale’s Acts of Arguing, Philosophy Department, Trent University, November 15.

2001 "The Golden Age of Rock," Laurier-Brantford Public Lecture Series, Brantford Campus of Wilfrid Laurier University, January 29.

2001 "Dialectical Adequacy," Department of Philosophy, McMaster University, March 9.

2001 "Second Thoughts about The Dialectical Tier, Dry Run Series, Department of Philosophy, University of Windsor, October 3

2002 "The Dialectical Tier Reconsidered," Keynote Address, International Society for the Study of Argumentation, Amsterdam, June 26.

2002 "Reflections on the Dialectical Tier," Philosophy Department Colloquium, Michigan State University, October 11.

2004 "The Implications of the Dialectical Tier for Critical Thinking, Western

2004 "Current Issues in Argumentation Theory" National Communication Association

Workshops /Mini-Courses/ Seminars/ Panel Discussions

1982 "Teaching Critical Thinking Through the Analysis of the Mass Media" (with J.A. Blair) at the Second National Conference on Critical Thinking, Moral Education and Rationality, July 12.

1982 "News from a Consumer's Point of View" to the Canadian University Press Association, November 22.

1983 "The Fourth "R": Informal Logic in the Elementary and Secondary School Curriculum" to the Program and Development Department, Windsor School Board, March 10.

1983 "Teaching Critical Thinking in Grades 4-8," Windsor Board of Education, Professional Activity Day, April 17.

1983 "The History of the Informal Logic/Critical Thinking Movement" at the First International Conference on Critical Thinking, Education and the Rational Person, Sonoma State University, August 13.

1983 "Workshop on Teaching Informal Logic" at the First International Conference on Critical Thinking, Education and the Rational Person, Sonoma State University, August 14.

1983 "Teaching Critical Thinking at the University Level" at the First International Conference on Critical Thinking, Education and the Rational Person, Sonoma State University, August 14.

1983 "The Relationship of Critical Thinking to Philosophy" at the Community College Humanities Association Workshop-Conference on Teaching Critical Thinking, St. Louis, October 18.

1983 "Critical Thinking Courses: Practical Proposals" at the Community College Humanities Association Workshop-Conference on Teaching Critical Thinking, St. Louis, October 18.

1984 "Seminar on Critical Thinking" for the Mellon Faculty Development Program for the Six-College Consortium, at the University of Richmond, June 5-8.

1984 Seminar on Assertiveness Thinking, for the Windsor Women's Teachers Association, St. Clair, MI, September 21-22.

1985 "The New Logic Course: What Goes in It and Why?" at the Conference on Critical Thinking, Christopher Newport College, Newport News, April 12.

1985 "Workshop on Critical Thinking and Decision Making " to the Ontario Youth Symposium, University of Windsor, May 24.

1985 "Seminar on Reasoning" for the Mellon Faculty Development Program for the Six-College Consortium, at the University of Richmond, June 10-20.

1985 "The New Logic Course" at the Third International Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, July 20.

1985 Panel on College and University Teaching of Critical thinking, at the Third International Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, July 20.

1986 Workshop on Critical Thinking, at George Brown College of Applied Art and Technology, Toronto, January 30.

1986 "Is Critical Thinking Best Taught As a Separate Subject or Within the Disciplines" for Conference 86 on Critical thinking at Christopher Newport College, April 11.

1986 "Seminar on Reasoning" for the Theoria Series, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, April 21.

1986 "You Gotta Be Vigilant: The Art of Teaching Critically" Georgian College, Barrie, May 13.

1986 "Seminar on Reasoning" for the Faculty Development Series Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, VA, May 19-23.

1986 "The Agony and the Ecstasy: Remarks on Critical Thinking" Conference on Innovations in Teaching, St. Clair College, June 16.

1986 "Teaching Critical Thinking," Fourth International Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, August 3.

1986 "Mini-Course in Critical Thinking: Critical Thinking and the Mass Media," Fourth International Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, August 3.

1987 Co-discussant (with J. A. Blair) of papers on "Contexts of Informal Reasoning," Conference on Informal Reasoning, University of Pittsburgh, March 27.

1987 "Critical Thinking and the Mass Media," Conference 87 on Critical Thinking,Christopher Newport College, Newport News, VA, April 9.

1987 "Why the Need for Critical Thinking Now?" [Panel] at Conference 87 on Critical Thinking, Christopher Newport College, Newport News, VA, April 9.

1987 "Workshop on Informal Logic," at Oakton Community College Faculty Development, DesPlaines, IL, September 24.

1988 "The Agony and the Ecstasy: Remarks on Teaching Critical Thinking, at the Toronto Institute for Medical Technology, Toronto, February 3.

1988 "Critical Thinking and Advertising," at Conference 88 on Critical Thinking, Christopher Newport College, Newport News, VA, April 9.

1988 "Is There a Media Logic?" [Panel on Verbal and Visual Literacy] at Conference 88 on Critical Thinking, Christopher Newport College, Newport News, VA, April 9.

1988 "Teaching Critically" a the Conference on Teaching Informal Logic and Critical Thinking at McMaster University, Hamilton, May 7.

1988 "Teaching from Logical Self Defense [with J. A. Blair] at the Conference on Teaching Informal Logic and Critical Thinking at McMaster University, Hamilton, May 8.

1988 "Seminar on Critical Thinking and Reasoning," for the Six-College Mellon Consortium, William and Mary College, June 13-23.

1988 Mini-Course on Advertising and Critical Thinking at the Sixth International and Eighth National Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, August 8.

1988 "Teaching Critical Thinking Using Formal and Informal Logic," for Critical Literacy Project, Oakton Community College, DesPlaines, IL, September 8.

1989 "One Step Up: Remarks on Teaching Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum," Lincoln College, Lincoln, IL, January 13.

1989 "More Agony! More Ecstasy! Infusing Critical Thinking into the Curriculum," for Professional Development Day, Toronto Institute for Medical Technology, Toronto, April 5.

1989 "Recent Trends in Critical Thinking," Liberal Arts Network Development, Macomb Community College, Mt. Clemens, MI, April 7.

1989 "The Thinking Skills Movement: Past, Present and Future" to the Allegheny Intermediate School District, Bethel Park, PA, May 17.

1989 "Workshop on Critical Thinking" to John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH, May 25.

1990 "Critical Thinking and Subliminal Advertising," to the Conference on Critical Literacy, Chicago, IL, April 19-21.

1990 "Using Informal Logic in the Classroom," to the Conference on Critical Literacy, Chicago, IL, April 19-21.

1990 "Why Do We Reason Poorly? Psychodynamics vs Psychologic" for the Association of Computing Machinery [Detroit Chapter] Human Development Seminar, Southfield Civic Center, May 14.

1990 "What is Critical Thinking?" and "On Teaching Critical Thinking," to the FIPSE Project Summer Seminar, Baker University, Baldwin City, KA, May 24-25.

1991 "On Defining Critical Thinking," and "Teaching Critically," and "Informal Logic and Critical Thinking" [with J. A. Blair], Indiana University of Pennsylvania, April 4-5.

1991 "Using Informal Logic to Teach Critical Thinking Skills," to the Fourth Annual Conference on Critical Literacy, Chicago, IL, April 18-20.

1991 "An Overview of the Thinking Skills Movement," to the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computing Machinery, Royal Oak, MI, June 17.

1991 "Confrontation in the Persian Gulf: Critical Thinking and Crisis [with W. Dorman], at the 11th Annual International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 6.

1991 "Thinking Critically about Subliminal Advertising," [panel with W. Dorman, J. Rudinow, and P. Weddle], at the 11th Annual International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 6.

1991 "Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking," at the 11th Annual International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 6.

1991 "Teaching Critical Thinking and Informal Logic," Faculty Development Seminar, Northwestern College, Watertown, WI, August 15.

1992 "On the Very Idea of Critical Thinking," and "Teaching Critically," at Baker University, Baldwin Kansas, June 1-2.

1992 "Johnson and Dorman's Bag of Tricks," [with Prof. W. Dorman] at the 12th Annual Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 9.

1992 "Using Informal Logic in the Classroom," at the 12th Annual Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 10.

1993 "On the Very Idea of Critical Thinking," and "Teaching Critically," at Baker University, Baldwin Kansas, May 31-June 1.

1993, "Media Logic," (W. Dorman), at the 13th Annual Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, August 1.

1993 "How the Media Cover the Economy," (with W. Dorman) at the 13th Annual Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform, Sonoma State University, August 1.

1993 "Teaching Introductory Logic," a workshop for the Department of Philosophy, St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 30.

1994 "Critical Thinking and the Media," Pre-conference Workshop, at the Sixth International Conference on Thinking, MIT, Boston, Massachusetts, July 21.

1994 "A Way of Seeing: Teaching Mass Media Analysis," at the 14th International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 1.

1994 "Some Problems in Argument Analysis," at the 14th International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 2.

1995 "The Principle of Vulnerability," at the 15th International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, July 30.

1995 "Mass Media and Critical Thinking: Part I-II" (with Prof. W.A. Dorman) at the 15th International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, July 31.

1995 "Informal Logic: Is Our Present Concept Comprehensive Enough?" (with Richard Paul) at the 15th International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 1.

1995 "Panel on Informal Logic," Chair and presenter, at the 15th International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 1.

1996 "On the Very Idea of Critical Thinking," and "Teaching Critically," at Baker University, Baldwin Kansas, May 31-June 1.

1996 "Advanced Critical Thinking," a PreConference workshop at the 16th International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, July 26-27.

1997 Response to "Should We Assess Basic Premises For Truth Or Acceptability?" by Derek Allen at the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, Brock University, May 17.

1997 Response to "Arguing forever? Or: Two Tiers of Argument Appraisal" by Trudy Govier at the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, Brock University, May 17.

1998 "On the Very Idea of Critical Thinking," and "Teaching Critically," at Baker University, Baldwin Kansas, May 19-20.

1998 Panel Discussion on Approaches to Critical Thinking, (with Jerry Cederblom & Donald Hatcher), Thinktank on Critical Thinking and Informal Logic, 18th International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 1.

1998 Panel Discussion: Perspectives on Teaching Critical Thinking, (with Jerry Cederblom & Donald Hatcher), Thinktank on Critical Thinking and Informal Logic, 18th International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 3.

1998 Panel Discussion: Critical Thinking--The Dark Side (with Jerry Cederblom & Donald Hatcher), Thinktank on Critical Thinking and Informal Logic, 18th International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 4.

1999 The Value of Philosophy Today," DeLaSalle Collegiate High School, Toronto, ON. October 22

2000 "On the Very Idea of Critical Thinking," and "Teaching Critically," at Baker University, Baldwin Kansas, May 17.

2001 "What is Critical Thinking?" and "Teaching Critically," Keynote presentations to Baker University Seminar on Critical Thinking, May 23.

2001, "Teaching Critical Thinking," Workshop for the Centre for Flexible learning, University of Windsor, November 2.

2002 "The Agony and the Ecstasy," Workshop for the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, McMaster University, June 14.

2004 "Logic & Faith: The Role of Argumentation" Graduate course on Moral Theology, Iona College, March 20.

2004 "What Makes a Good Argument? " Humanist Society of Windsor, April 27.

Co-Editor (Publisher & Founder), Informal Logic Newsletter, 1978-84;

Co-Editor, Informal Logic, 1985-.

Editorial Board, Philosophy & Rhetoric. 2003-

Editorial Board, Argumentation and Advocacy, 2003-

a. positions with responsibility stipend

• Head, Department of Philosophy, July 1984-June 1991
• Chair, Philosophy, July 1997-June 1998
• Chair, Philosophy Program, Department of History, Philosophy and Political Science, July 1999- June 30 2000
• Acting Chair, Philosophy, April 2002-June 2002

b. positions without responsibility stipend

• Regular contributor to Studentship Lecture Series, having made presentations in 1978, 1979, 1982-86.

  Department of Philosophy

• Convenor, Department of Philosophy "Dry-Run Series", 1981-82, 1989-90.
• Department of Philosophy, Executive Committee, 1981-83.
• Chairman, Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Philosophy,
• 1981-84; 1991-1994, 1998-1999
• Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee, 1970-75
• Graduate Studies Committee, 1975-1984
• Executive Committee, 1982-83, 1991-
• Appointments, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 984-
• Chair, Undergraduate Studies Committee, 1994 -

• Graduate Co-ordinator, Philosophy Program, July 1 1999-June 30 2000
• Member, Appointments Committee, Philosophy
• Member, Promotion Committee, Philosophy
• Member, 5 Year Planning Group, Philosophy
• OCGS Portfolio, 2001 -
• Member, Appointments Committee, 2001-2002

  Faculty of Arts

• Member, Faculty of Arts Committee on Excellence in Teaching, 1978-80 (Chairman, 1979-80)
• Member, Faculty of Arts Ad Hoc Committee on Options and Core Curriculum, 1981-84
• Member, Faculty of Arts Sabbatical Review Committee, 1982-83.
• Member, Faculty of Arts Budget Review Committee, 1982-83.
• Member, Faculty of Arts Options Evaluation Committee, 1986-87
• Member, Faculty of Arts Executive, 1984-1991
• Member, Faculty of Arts, Heads and Directors, 1984-1991
• Acting for the Dean, February, 1988
• Acting for the Dean, September-October, 1990
• Chair, Men's Issues Committee, 1991-1995
• Search Committee, Head of History, Philosophy Political Science, 1996

  University

• Member, University Government Committee, 1976-80
• Member, Senate, 1978-79; 1984-86; 1987-89; 1994-95
• Member, Senate Committee on Academic Planning, 1985-1988
• Chair, Task Force on Business Administration, 1987-88
• Member, Task Force on Faculty of Law, 1987-88
• Chair, Subcommittee on Academic Contributions, 1986-87
• Member, Subcommittee on Mission Statement, 1987
• Member, Subcommittee on Long-Range Scheduling, 1986
• Member, Task Force on Establishments, 1986-1990, 1994-95
• Member, Search Committee, Vice-President Academic, 1985
• Member, Senate Nominating Committee, 1985-88
• Member, Merit Approval Committee, 1991-93
• Member, TaskForce on Space Utilization, 1992
• Chair, Senate Nominating Committee, 1986-87
• Chair, Committee on Building Names, 1987
• Chair, Merit Approval Committee, 1986-87, 1987-88
• Chair, Senate Budget Review Task Force, 1989
• Member, Appointments Review and Advisory Committee, 1993-
• Member, 2001-2002, Senate Committee on Recognition and Support of Teaching
• Member, Subcommittee on Support
• Member, Task Force on Short Term Goals

  Other

• Co-chair, Canadian Studies on Kierkegaard Conference, 1976
• Co-chair, Symposium on Informal Logic, 1978.
• Co-chair, Second International Symposium on Informal Logic, 1983
• Co-Chair, Third International Symposium on Informal Logic, 1989
• Organizer, Conference 95 on Critical Thinking and Informal
• Logic, George Mason University
• Program Committee, OSSA Conference, May 1997
• Program Committee., OSSA Conference, May 1999
• Program and Planning Committees, OSSA conference, May 2001
• Member, WGRAIL, 2001-2002

  Service to the profession

• Member, Philosophy Discipline Group (OCGS), 1978-80.
• Member, Canadian Association for Publishing In Philosophy, 1970-
• Chairman, Ontario Chairmen of Departments of Philosophy, 1984-86
• Member, OGS Panel on Philosophy, 1984-85
• Chairman, OGS Panel on Philosophy, 1986
• Member, Ontario Secondary School Philosophy Project, 1987-89
• Referee (on various occasions) for SSHRCC
• Referee (on various occasions) for Dialogue
• Member, Editorial Board, The New Scholasticism, 1981-85
• Research Associate, Centre for Critical Thinking and Moral
• Critique, Sonoma State University.
• Member, National Council for Excellence in Critical Instruction, Sonoma State University.

Professional/non-professional service to the community:

• Member, Board of Directors, Family Service Bureau of Windsor, 1969-77; Treasurer, 1974; Vice-President, 1975; President, 1976-77
• Member, Advisory Board, St. John Vianney Parish, 1976-80; 82-86.
• Chair, Liturgy Committee, 1976-79; Chair, Advisory Board, 1982-1986
• Chair, Spiritual Development Commission, 1990-
• Member, Steering Committee, Brentwood Youth Group, 1988-91
• Member, Steering Committee, Windsor Men's Council, 1992-, Chair, 1994 -
• Founding Member, Windsor Men's Forum, 1993-
• Chair, Steering Committee, 1994-1997
• Founding Member and Secretary, Executive Council, Windsor-Detroit New Warrior, 1992
• Chairman, 1997-98
• Elder Co-ordinator, Windsor Detroit Mankind Project, 2001

Other pertinent information:

• Consultant to CACTIP, University of Texas at Arlington, November, 1983-84.
• Consultant to Morehead State University, Department of Philosophy, June, 1984.
• Consultant to Program Review, Philosophy Department, Wilfrid Laurier University, February 1998