INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS 

EDITORIAL POLICY: INFORMAL LOGIC publishes articles that advance the dia-
lectic in reasoning and argumentation theory and practice, including, but not 
restricted to: theory of argument; argument fields; fallacy analysis and fallacy 
theory; criteria of good argument; rationality and argument; psychology of 
argumentation; theory of critical thinking; the teaching of argumentation, 
informal logic, and critical thinking; and related topics in cognate fields. 

There are two related primary criteria for articles with a theoretical focus 
or interest. (1) The article advances the dialectic, or at least constitutes an 
interesting comment on it. That is, it presents a cogent argument, objection, 
interpretation or position that is an advance in relation to the background of 
issues and controversies on the topic; or it casts the issue addressed in a new 
and worthwhile llight. (2) The article makes explicit reference to the pertinent 
literature on its topic, and it discharges the burden of proof imposed by that 
scholarship. 

The primary criteria for acceptance of articles devoted to the teaching of 
informal logic, critical thinking or argumentation include: originality; utility; 
timeliness; and evidence of the effectiveness of the methods, materials, tech-
nologies, etc., proposed. 

The standard criteria for scholarly publication-topical fit with the sub-
jects covered in the journal; adequacy of coverage to the issue addressed; 
clarity, organization and literateness of the prose; conceptual clarity and co-
gency of argumentation-apply to all articles, notes and reviews. Some of 
these criteria may be overridden if a submission has outstanding compensat-
ing features that warrant its publication. 

SUBMISSIONS: For each submission, send one paper copy and also a copy 
as an e-mail attachment (in WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, RTF, PDF-sorry, 
we cannot handle other programs or systems), to the addresses below. The 
text must be in 10-point type or larger, with 2.5 cm. (1") margins, and ready 
for blind-refereeing (that is, the author not identified in the paper or file, and 
overt self-references removed from the text, notes and references). Authors 
without e-mail access may send an electronic file on a 3.5" diskette to the 
mailing address below. 

ARTICLES ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION: Authors are responsible for suppling 
an approx.l00-word Abstract and a Keywords list, plus one final paper copy 
and an electronic file (on a 3.5" diskette, CD, or via e-mail) in WordPerfect, 
MicrosoftWord or RTF. References must be in APA style. No footnotes. 
Endnotes, only if necessary, and should be few and brief. Authors will receive 
a limited number of offprints. 

MAILING ADDRESS: INFORMAL LOGIC, c/o Department of Philosophy 

University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, CANADA N9B 3P4. 

E-MAIL: <infolog@uwindsor.ca>. 

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