Education and specialization

Jean H.M. Wagemans completed a M.A. in Philosophy and a Ph.D. in Argumentation Theory at the University of Amsterdam. His specialties include dialectic (the theory of argumentation in discussions) and rhetoric (the theory of argumentation in speeches).

Research 

Wagemans is currently involved in a research project on the development of tools for the analysis of philosophical and scientific argumentation. He is also carrying out a pilot for a large-scale research project involving an integration of dialectical and rhetorical taxonomies of arguments. Wagemans is a co-author of Argumentatie en debat (in Dutch) and of the Handbook of Argumentation Theory.

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Teaching

Wagemans teaches courses that are part of the master programs Rhetoric, Argumentation Theory, and Philosophy, Discourse and Argumentation Studies, Text and Communication and of the bachelor program Language and Communication, of which he is the Program Director.

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Service to the discipline

Wagemans is a member of the Editorial Board of Argumentation and has written reviews for Argumentation, Argumentation and Advocacy, Philosophy & Rhetoric, and Informal Logic. He is the initiator and manager of the online discussion platform Argumentation Theory for scholars working in the field of logic, dialectic and rhetoric. 

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Service to the community

Wagemans has written nearly one hundred columns on dialectic and rhetoric for the Dutch national newspaper Volkskrant.nl and the news site NU.nl. They cover a broad range of subjects, from the reasonableness of arguments put forward by politicians to the general nature and philosophical status of rhetoric. He also contributed to several articles in newspapers and magazines and to a documentary about the Dutch Prime Minister's debate skills that was broadcasted on national television. 

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Research papers

All publications by Wagemans can be downloaded from Academia.edu or by clicking on the title of the publication in the list below.

Selected publications

(1) Argumentation theory

• Schut, D., & Wagemans, J.H.M. (2014). Argumentatie en debat [Argumentation and debate]. Den Haag: Boom Lemma.
• Eemeren, F.H. van, Garssen, B.J., Krabbe, E.C.W., Snoeck Henkemans, A.F., Verheij, B., & Wagemans, J.H.M. (2014). Handbook of Argumentation Theory. Dordrecht, etc.: Springer. 

(2) Classical dialectic and rhetoric

• Wagemans, J.H.M. (2010). Zeno's dialectische redenering [Zeno's dialectical reasoning]. Tijdschrift voor Taalbeheersing 32(3), 258-267.   
• Wagemans, J.H.M. (2009). Redelijkheid en overredingskracht van argumentatie [Reasonableness and persuasiveness of argumentation]. Dissertation University of Amsterdam.

(3) Pragma-dialectics

• Wagemans, J.H.M. (2014). Een systematische catalogus van argumenten. Tijdschrift voor Taalbeheersing, 36(1), 11-30.
• Eemeren, F.H. van, Garssen, B.J., & Wagemans, J.H.M. (2011). The pragma-dialectical method of analysis and evaluation. In R.C. Rowland, (Ed.), Reasoned Argument and Social Change: Selected Papers from the 17th Biennial Conference on Argumentation (pp. 25-47). Washington: National Communication Association.
• Hitchcock, D.L., & Wagemans, J.H.M. (2011). The pragma-dialectical account of argument schemes. In E.T. Feteris, B.J. Garssen & A.F. Snoeck Henkemans (Eds.), Keeping in touch with pragma-dialectics (pp. 185-205). Amsterdam: Benjamins

(4) Analysis and evaluation of academic argumentation

• Wagemans, J.H.M. (2014). The assessment of argumentation based on abduction. In D. Mohammed & M. Lewinski (Eds.), Virtues of argumentation: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (OSSA), 22-26 May 2013 (pp. 1-8). Windsor, ON: OSSA
• Snoeck Henkemans, A.F. & Wagemans, J.H.M. (2012). The reasonableness of argumentation from expert opinion in medical discussions: Institutional safeguards for the quality of shared decision making. In J. Goodwin (Ed.), Between scientists & citizens: Proceedings of a conference at Iowa State University, June 1-2, 2012 (pp. 345-354). Ames, IA: Great Plains Society for the Study of Argumentation.
• Wagemans, J.H.M. (2011). The assessment of argumentation from expert opinion. Argumentation, 25 , 329-339.

Social networks on argumentation

The online discussion forum Argumentation Theory brings together scholars working in the field of argumentation theory. Over 900 members share information about upcoming conferences, journal issues, new publications, etc. The forum is initiated and moderated by Jean H.M. Wagemans, assistant professor of argumentation theory at the University of Amsterdam. 

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Blogs on argumentation

These blogs publish regularly on topics of interest for argumentation scholars.

• Argumentics - The Physics of Argumentation

• RAIL - A blog about Reasoning, Argumentation, and Informal Logic

Journals on argumentation

For information and download of articles, please follow the links below.

• Argument and Computation

• Argumentation (Volume 1 - current issue)

• Argumentation and Advocacy

• Cogency

• Informal Logic

• Logical Analysis and History of Philosophy (Volume 1 - current issue)

• Philosophy and Rhetoric (Volume 32.2, 33 - current issue)

• Phronesis (Volume 36 - current issue)

• Rhetorica (Volume 1 - current issue)

• Rhetoric Society Quarterly

• Synthese

• The Journal of Argumentation in Context

• Professional MA Discourse and Argumentation Studies Amsterdam (DASA)

• Research MA hetoric, Argumentation Theory, and Philosophy (RAP)

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