非形式逻辑早期思想对修辞的忽视及其历史缘由——安东尼·布莱尔教授、罗夫·约翰逊教授访谈录

The Neglect of Rhetoric in Early Informal Logic Theorizing and Its Historical Causes——An Interview with Professor J.Anthony Blair and Professor Ralph H.Johnson

一、与安东尼·布莱尔教授的访谈问:布莱尔教授,您好!今年正值《逻辑的自洽》(Logical Self-Defense,1977)一书①出版40周年,今天有幸参加这个纪念活动。这本书实际上承载了很多的历史意义,后来一系列事情的发端,从北美非形式逻辑运动的兴起到Informal Logic(《非形式逻辑》,A&HCI入选期刊)的创刊,从温莎大学推理、论辩及修辞研究中心的成立,再到温莎大学跨学科论辩研究博士点的设立等,可以说都与此书有关。首先请教一个问题,是否可以说北美非形式逻辑运动发轫于《逻辑的自洽》的出版?

This interview,undertaken in the background of the 40 th anniversary of the publication of Logical Self-defense( LSD),a groundwork for the informal logic movement in North America,mainly captures the relationship between informal logic and rhetoric in the historical development of informal logic movement,touching upon topics such as the significance of LSD,its influence upon argumentation studies,the two leading scholars’ views of rhetoric moving from complete rejection to partial acceptance,and signaling a rhetorical return for contemporary argumentation studies in the West.