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Areas of
specialization:
Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Informal Logic,
Argumentation Theory
Current
research interests:
The nature of reasons; uses of argument;
propositional attitudes; the concept of truth
Links to recent and forthcoming papers
Courses
taught in 2013-14: None
Other
current activities:
Editorial Boards:
Manuscript refereeing
for academic journals (in addition to the three just listed), for book
publishers, and for conferences : Canadian Journal of
Philosophy, Argumentation and Advocacy (American Forensic Association),
Synthese, Physical Review A (a physics journal), Kluwer
Academic Publishers, Cambridge University Press, Broadview Press, Harcourt
Brace, Canadian
Philosophical Association
Maintenance and
support of
Class Record, an electronic
gradebook
Books:
Reason
Reclaimed: Essays in honor of J. Anthony Blair and Ralph Johnson (edited with Hans
V. Hansen), Vale Press, 2007
Argument, Inference and Dialectic, Kluwer
Academic Publishers, 2001
Fallacies:
Classical and Contemporary Readings (edited with Hans V. Hansen), Penn
State Press, 1995
Reasoning: A Practical Guide (with J.
A. Blair), Prentice Hall, 1993;
Reasoning:
A Practical Guide for Canadian
Students (with J. A. Blair and Kate Parr), Prentice Hall Canada, 1993
Other recent or forthcoming publications:
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“Govier on Trust.” Informal Logic, Vol. 33, No. 2
(2013), pp. 263-291.
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"Weighing Evidence in the
Context of Conductive Reasoning.” In J. A. Blair and R. H. Johnson,
eds., Conductive Argument: An Overlooked Type of Defeasible Reasoning and Argument (London:
College Publications, 2011), pp.
104-126.
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"The
account of warrants in Bermejo-Luque’s Giving Reasons." Theoria:
Revista
de Teoría, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia 26:3 (2011),
pp. 311-320.
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"The Uses of Argument in
Communicative Contexts.” Argumentation 24:2 (2010),
pp. 227-252.
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“Argumentation and the force of reasons”. Informal Logic 29: 3
(2009), pp. 263-297.
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"Burdens of
Rejoinder". In Hansen and Pinto, Reason Reclaimed (Vale Press, 2007):
): 75-88.
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Review of Maurice Finocchiaro,
Arguments about Arguments. Argumentation 21 (2007): 93-100.
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“Evaluating Inferences: the
nature and role of warrants”. Informal Logic 26: 3
(2006): 287-327. Reprinted in David Hitchcock and Bart Verheij,
Arguing on
the Toulmin model: New essays on argument analysis and evaluation
(Springer, 2006): 115-144. Click
here to view this paper.
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"Reasons” in van Eemeren, Blair, Willard and Snoeck Henkems,
Anyone Who Has a View (Kluwer
Academic Publishers, 2003)
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R. C. Pinto,
“Truth and Premiss
Adequacy.” In Tindale, Hansen, Blair, Hansen and Pinto,
Argumentation and its
Applications.
CD-ROM published
by Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, 2002.
Recent
conference papers:
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R. C. Pinto. "Truth and the Virtue of Arguments." Ontario
Society for the Study of Argumentation, University of Windsor, May 2013.
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R. C. Pinto. "Comments on Siegel’s ‘Argumentation and
the Epistemology of Disagreement’." Ontario Society for the Study of
Argumentation, University of Windsor, May 2013.
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R. C. Pinto. "Emotions and Reasons." Paper
delivered at Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, University Of
Windsor, May 2011.
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R. C. Pinto. "Comments on Kvernbekk’s
“Evidence-based Practice (EBP) and Toulmin” Delivered at Ontario
Society for the Study of Argumentation, University Of Windsor, May 2011.
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R. C. Pinto, "Weighing Evidence in the Context of
Conductive Reasoning." Paper delivered at CRRAR mini-conference on
conductive arguments at the University of Windsor, April 30 to May 1, 2009.
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R. C. Pinto, "Argumentation and the
force of reasons," a keynote address delivered at Ontario Society for
the Study of Argumentation, University of Windsor, June 2009.
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R. C. Pinto, “Commentary on Weinstein’s ‘Two Contrasting
Cultures.”. Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, University Of
Windsor, June 2009.
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R. C. Pinto, “’Probably’ and
other modal qualifiers,” Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation,
University of Windsor, June 2007.
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Robert C. Pinto, “McGuire on critical thinking pedagogy,”
Commentary delivered at Canadian Philosophical Association, University Western
Ontario, May 2005.
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R. C. Pinto, “Reasons, warrants
and premisses,” Ontario Society for the Study of
Argumentation, McMaster University, May 2005.
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Robert C. Pinto, “Kauffeld on the necessity to manifest
rationality in argumentation,” Commentary delivered at Ontario Society for the
Study of Argumentation, University Of Windsor, June 2007.
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Robert C. Pinto, “William Keith on Toulmin and
non-monotonic reasoning systems,” Commentary delivered at Ontario Society for
the Study of Argumentation, McMaster University, May 2005.
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R. C. Pinto, “Reasons, contexts and
expectations of rebuttal.” National Communication Association, Chicago,
November 2004.
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