John Anthony Blair (12 August 1941 – March 7 2024) was a Canadian philosopher.[1]
J. Anthony Blair | |
|---|---|
| Born | John Anthony Blair August 12, 1941 |
| Died | March 7, 2024 |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Known for | One of the founding members of the informal logic movement in North America |
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]
Before academia
editBlair was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and attended Fisher Park High School.[4] He was Canadian Junior Downhill and Alpine Combined ski champion 1958,[5] and played on McGill Intercollegiate Football championship teams (1960 and 1962).[6][7] He died in Windsor, Ontario on March 7, 2024.[citation needed]
Academia
editBlair studied at the University of Michigan and McGill University. He taught philosophy at the University of Windsor from 1967 until 2006, serving two terms as the head of that department.[3] He was professor emeritus at the University of Windsor.[8]
Blair's publications have focused on argumentation theory, critical thinking, informal logic, and visual argumentation.
Selected works
edit- Logical Self Defense (New U.S. Edition, IDEBATE, 2006)
- Groundwork in the Theory of Argumentation: Selected Papers of J. Anthony Blair (Dordrecht: Springer, 2012)
References
edit- ^ Tindale, Christopher W. (2024-06-27). "In Memoriam J. Anthony Blair". Informal Logic. 44 (2): 1–3. ISSN 2293-734X.
- ^ "Windsor Daily News, March 14, 2007". Archived from the original on January 18, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
- ^ a b "CRRAR at UWindsor". Archived from the original on 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ^ FiPaHi yearbook
- ^ OttawaSkiClub Yearbook 1958-59
- ^ OldMcGill 1960, 1962
- ^ 2006 Logical Self-Defense, Ralph H. Johnson and J. Anthony Blair. New York: IDEA. Pg. vii
- ^ "UWindsor Philosophy Faculty".