Announcements 

Association for Informal Logic and 
Critical Thinking (AILACT) 1992 APA 

Eastern Division Meeting Program 

l. (3 hrs.) 

1 A. Inferentialism and the Expressive 
Conception of Logic (2 hrs.) 

Chair: David Rosenthal (Lehman 
and CUNY Graduate Center) 

Main Speaker: Robert Brandom 
(Pittsburgh) 

Commentators: 
Dorothy Grover (Illinois at 

Chicago) 
Dale Jacquette (Pennsylvania 

State) 

lB. The Probabilistic Import of 
Illatives (1 hr.) 

Chair: John Biro (Florida) 
Main Speakers: George Bowles 

(Washington) and Tom Gilbert 
(Morningside College) 

Commentator: James Freeman 
(Hunter College, CUNY) 

II. (3 hrs.) 

IIA. Book Discussion: Frederic Schick 
(Rutgers), Understanding Action: 
An Essay on Reasons (2 hrs.) 

Chair: Issac Levi (Columbia) 
Main Speakers: Michael Slote 

(Maryland) 
John Carroll (New York 

University) 
Respondent: Frederic Schick 

(Rutgers) 

IIB.AILACT Business Meeting (l hr.) 

INFORMAL LOGIC 
XlVI, Winter 1992 

The London School of Economics & 
Political Science - University of Paris X 

(Nanterre): M.Sc. Philosophy 

The London School of Economics & 
Political Science, in conjunction with 
the University of Paris X (Nanterre), 
announces a new course of study leading 
to a one-year University of London M.Sc. 
in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences. 
The teaching for this degree is divided 
between London and Paris. In the course 
of a single year, students are able to benefit 
from two very different but complementary 
philosophical and cultural environments. 

The first semester is spent in London and 
the second in Paris. Students then return to 
London in June to sit final examinations 
and prepare a dissertation. All students are 
required to take a first semester course in 
the Philosophy of the Social Sciences, plus 
two further semester courses, at the L.S.E., 
and two second semester courses at Nan-
terre. Courses available at the L.S.E. and 
Nanterre for this degree other than the re-
quired course vary from year to year, but 
typically will include: Moral Philosophy, 
Political Philosophy, History of Modem 
Philosophy, Epistemology, and Metaphys-
ics. Applicants for this course sh,ould be 
fluent English and French speakers. 

For further details and application 
forms, please contact: Departmental Secre-
tary, Department of Philosophy, London 
School of Economics, Houghton Street, 
London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom. 

Theory and Practice in Argumentation 
Turku, Finland 22.-24.6.1993 

Members of the international commu-
nity of scholars are invited to participate in 



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the Conference of Theory and Practice of 
Argumentation organized by the Depart-
ment of Philosophy at the University of 
Turku. The general themes of the confer-
ence are (I) Argumentation and Logic, (2) 
Special Problems in the Theory of Argu-
mentation, and (3) Historical Problems in 
the Theory of Argumentation. 

Persons who are prepared to contribute 
papers on an aspect of the conference 
themes should notify the undersigned 
Chief Organizer and submit a brief state-
ment of the projected topic no later than 
December 31, 1992. Submission date for 
finished papers is March 31, 1993 which 
also is the deadline for the payment of the 
$100 conference fee (Postipankki Oy, 
00700 Helsinki Finland, TU 70009 691). 

Contributed papers will be screened by 
members of the Planning Committee, 
headed by Professor luhani Pietarinen, 
University of Turku. 

On behalf of the Planning 
Committee, the Chief Organizer 
Dr. luha Riiikkii 
Department of Philosophy 
University of Turku 
20500 Turku Finland 
Tel 358 21 6336339 

or 358 21 711 276 
Fax 358 21 633 6270 

Argumentation Call for Papers 

The journal Argumentation will be fa-
miliar to most ISSA members. The journal 
publishes papers by scholars from different 
countries and a variety of disciplines who 
are working in the field of argumentation 
theory. 

Up till now, Argumentation concentrated 
mainly on publishing guest-edited issues, 
devoted to a specific theme. Now and then 

Varia Issues were published, consisting of 
papers sent to the editors. It is the intention 
of the editors to publish Varia Issues more 
regularly, i.e. twice a year. We therefore in-
vite all scholars of argumentation who 
want to contribute to the journal to send 
their manuscripts to the editors, so that 
they can be refereed ("double-blind"). The 
editors need five copies of the manuscript; 
the author should retain an additional copy 
for reference. Manuscripts should not ex-
ceed the limit of 8000 words. An abstract 
and a list of key-words should be included. 
Further information for authors is available 
from Kluwer Academic Publishers, EO. 
Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Neth-
erlands. 

Manuscripts for the Varia Issue should 
be sent to: 

Prof. dr F. H. van Eemeren 
Vakgroep Taalbeheersing 
Spuistraat 134 
1012 VB Amsterdam 
The Netherlands 

Third International ISSA Conference 
Pre-Announcement 

The International Society for the Study 
of Argumentation organizes the Third In-
ternational Conference on Argumentation 
in the summer of 1994 in Amsterdam. 

Please send your suggestions for pro-
grammes, proposals for sections, special 
sessions, etc., before December I, 1992, to: 

The Organizing Committee 
c/o Frans van Eemerenl 

Rob Grootendorst 
Vakgroep Taalbeheersing 
Spuistraat 134 
10 12 VB Amsterdam 
The Netherlands