Douglas N. Walton
Douglas N. Walton | |
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| Born | Douglas Neil Walton 2 June 1942 |
| Died | 3 January 2020 (aged 77) Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | The Meaning of "Can" (1971) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Woods |
| Academic work | |
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| Main interests | Argumentation theory |
| Notable ideas | Woods–Walton approach |
Douglas Neil Walton (2 June 1942 – 3 January 2020) was a Canadian academic and author, known for his books and papers on argumentation, logical fallacies and informal logic. He was a Distinguished Research Fellow of the Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation, and Rhetoric (CRRAR) at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and before that (2008–2014), he held the Assumption Chair of Argumentation Studies at the University of Windsor. Walton's work has been used to better prepare legal arguments and to help develop artificial intelligence.
A special issue of the journal Informal Logic surveyed Walton's contributions to informal logic and argumentation theory up to 2006.