Govier's The Philosophy of Argument

Abstract

In The Philosophy of Argument, Trudy Govier has presented the informal logic community with a very timely collection of essays. Certain essays argue for the legitimacy of informal logic in the face of current intellectual trends and critiques, in particular from postmodemists, feminists, and multiculturalists. Other essays argue for the legitimacy of informal logic within philosophy. Still others highlight open problems within informal logic. Although this does not exhaustively classify all the topics Govier addresses, I shall focus on these in this review.