J. Anthony Blair

J. Anthony Blair
Born
John Anthony Blair

(1941-08-12)August 12, 1941
Ottawa, Ontario
DiedMarch 7, 2024
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
OccupationProfessor
Known forOne of the founding members of the informal logic movement in North America

John Anthony Blair (12 August 1941 – March 7 2024) was a Canadian philosopher.[1]

Along with his colleague Ralph Johnson, he has been credited as one of the founding members of the informal logic movement in North America. The two co-published one of the movement's most influential texts, "Logical Self-Defense". Blair is also co-founder of the Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation, and Rhetoric, co-founder of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (OSSA), and a founding board member of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA).[2][3]

  1. ^ Tindale, Christopher W. (2024-06-27). "In Memoriam J. Anthony Blair". Informal Logic. 44 (2): 1–3. ISSN 2293-734X.
  2. ^ "Windsor Daily News, March 14, 2007". Archived from the original on January 18, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "CRRAR at UWindsor". Archived from the original on 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2016-03-06.