AILACT Sessions


ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMAL LOGIC AND CRITICAL THINKING 

at American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meetings, 
San Francisco, April 2007 (Westin St. Francis) 

9–Noon, Wednesday, April 4th 
Author-Meets-Critics: James B. Freeman’s Acceptable Premises: An Epistemic 

Approach to an Informal Logic Problem 
Chair: Maurice A. Finocchiaro, Nevada, Las Vegas 

Critics: Richard Feldman, Rochester 
Hans V. Hansen, Windsor 
Mark Weinstein, Montclair State 

Author: James B. Freeman, Hunter College, CUNY 

8–10 p.m. Thursday, April 5th 
Chair: Maurice A. Finocchiaro, University of Nevada,Las Vegas 

Speaker: Jerry Cederblom, Nebraska-Omaha ”Is It Sometimes Rational to Accept That an 
Argument is Sound, but Not Believe the Conclusion?” 

Commentator: Don Marquis, Kansas 

Speaker: Mark Weinstein, Montclair State ”Towards an Objectivist Account of Truth in 
Argument” 

Commentator: Donald Hatcher, Baker 

at American Philosophical Association Central Division Meetings, 
Chicago, April 2007 (Palmer House Hilton) 

1:30–4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19th 
Assessing Critical Thinking 

Chair: David Hunter, Ryerson 

Speakers:Robert H. Ennis, Emeritus, Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, “A Required National Test 
of Thinking for College Students in the USA whose Institutions Receive Federal 
Money?” 
Leo Groarke, Wilfrid Laurier, “Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking Teaching” 
Gerald Nosich, Buffalo State, “Some Ways to Assess Critical Thinking in Discipline- 
Based Courses” 

Discussant: Steven Norris, Alberta 

5:15–7:15 p.m. Thursday, April 19th 
Chair: Peter D. Asquith, Michigan State University 

Speaker: Daniel Cohen, Colby  “Virtue Epistemology and Critical Inquiry: Open- 
Mindedness and a Sense of Proportion as Critical Virtues” 

Commentator: To be determined 

Speaker: Patrick Riesterer, McMaster  “Pragma-Dialectics: A Critique” 
Commentator: To be determined