I don't want to start an argument (in whatever sense one chooses :), but I will say that: personally, I agree with the "justify" over "persuade" -- but not, of course, with the "verbal" qualifier; multimodal argumentation (of the sort that Michael Gilbert has written about -- but also of the sort that *many* people writing about visual and other modes of argumentation discuss) has taken off like a rocket -- not just in theory, but more importantly in practice; AILACT can ignore that if it wants but that just makes what it does less relevant to argumentation today. Cheers, Leo. __________________________ Leo Groarke, PhD President Trent University [log in to unmask] 705 748 1090 -----Original Message----- From: AILACT DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ennis, robert h Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 11:34 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: What would you like to see AILACT promote? The sense I propose as a result of many years of experience in the field of critical thinking is the following: "An argument is a verbal attempt to justify a conclusion.” The key word is “justify”. “Persuasion” is not mentioned. Bob Ennis On Jun 11, 2017, at 3:34 PM, Claudio Duran <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > In essence, I would like to see the development of an approach that does not identify itself with the logical mode: rather one that is closer to Michael Gilbert's theory on Multi-Modal Argumentation. The logical mode in important indeed but it is not the only mode of arguing. > > Claudio Duran > Senior Scholar > Department of Philosophy > York University > > > >> ---- Original Message ---- >> From: Victor P Maiorana <[log in to unmask]> >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Sent: Fri, Jun 9, 2017, 3:14 PM >> Subject: Re: What would you like to see AILACT promote? >> >> 6/9/2017 >> Dear James Freeman, >> The next-to-last sentence in your message suggests that a list of projects already exists. If this so? (Tried checking out such a list on the AILACT site, but the site is currently unavailable.) >> Can ideas for projects be submitted before July 10? >> Thank you, >> Victor Maiorana >> AILACT Member >> Author of: >> Preparation for Critical Instruction – How to Explain Subject Matter While Teaching All Learners to Think, Read, and Write Critically (2016), Rowman & Littlefikeld >> >> =============== >> >> On 6/9/17, 12:18 PM, "AILACT DISCUSSION LIST on behalf of James Freeman" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Dear Friends and Members of AILACT, >> >> AILACT has recently formed a Proposal Writing Committee to seek grants to fund new AILACT projects. At its Annual Meeting earlier this year, the AILACT Board requested a memo go out to the AILACT membership asking what projects they deemed worthy. The floor is now open and you may reply to this message or to me directly at . If you want to express your views about a project, I would appreciate hearing from you by July 10. In that way, I I could inform the committee of membership views and whether some projects received more endorsement than others. I look forward to hearing from you. >> >> Enjoy the summer, now that it is here. >> >> James Freeman >> President, AILACT >> >> ######################################################################## >> >> To unsubscribe from the AILACTD-L list, click the following link: >> https://HUNTER.LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU/scripts/wa-hc.exe?TICKET=NzM2NTE5IHZwbWF5bzFAVkVSSVpPTi5ORVQgQUlMQUNURC1MIOmWPkTwbsn%2B&c=SIGNOFF >> >> >> ######################################################################## >> >> To unsubscribe from the AILACTD-L list, click the following link: >> https://HUNTER.LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU/scripts/wa-hc.exe?TICKET=NzM2NTE5IGNkdXJhbkBZT1JLVS5DQSBBSUxBQ1RELUwgIFAazEy%2B93mc&c=SIGNOFF > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the AILACTD-L list, click the following link: > https://HUNTER.LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU/scripts/wa-hc.exe?TICKET=NzM2NTIxIHJoZW5uaXNASUxMSU5PSVMuRURVIEFJTEFDVEQtTFc073xN%2Fhgr&c=SIGNOFF ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the AILACTD-L list, click the following link: https://HUNTER.LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU/scripts/wa-hc.exe?TICKET=NzM2NTIyIGxlb2dyb2Fya2VAVFJFTlRVLkNBIEFJTEFDVEQtTBFnHfJHOboG&c=SIGNOFF ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the AILACTD-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(AILACTD-L,SIGNOFF);