Here is a short CV, for a longer version click here.
Trudy Govier (short CV)
Professor Emerita, Adjunct Professor, University of Lethbridge, Alberta Canada.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: Social Philosophy; Ethics; Theory of Argument
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
BOOKS:
A Practical Study of Argument. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.) Seven editions: 1985, 1988, 1992, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2010. Enhanced seventh edition, 2014.
Problems in Argument Evaluation and Analysis. (Dordrecht, NL and Berlin: Foris/deGruyter 1987).
Note: A Second edition of this work is in progress and will be distributed by Windsor Studies in Argumentation, planned for 2018.
Selected Issues in Logic and Communication. (editor) (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1988)
God, the Devil, and the Perfect Pizza (Peterborough ON: Broadview Press, 1989)
Socrates’ Children (Peterborough ON: Broadview Press, 1997)
Social Trust and Human Communities (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1997)
Dilemmas of Trust (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1998)
The Philosophy of Argument (Newport News,VA: Vale Press 1999).
Forgiveness and Revenge (London: Routledge 2002)
A Delicate Balance: What Philosophy Can Tell Us About Terrorism (Boulder, CO: Westview Press 2002)
Dilemmas of Reconciliation (edited, with Carol A.L. Prager) (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2003)
Taking Wrongs Seriously: Acknowledgement, Reconciliation, and the Politics of Sustainable Peace. (Amherst New York: Humanity Books <Prometheus> 2006)
Victims and Victimhood (Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press 2015).
SELECTED JOURNAL ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS:
“The Right to Eat and the Duty to Work,” Philosophy of the Social Sciences 1975. Anthologized in T.A. Mappes and J.S. Zembaty, editors, Social Ethics: Morality and Social Policy (McGraw-Hill, several editions); Stephen Satris, Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Moral Issues (Dushkin, 1988); and Eldon Soifer, Ethical Issues: Perspectives for Canadians (Broadview, First Edition 1992).
“Belief, Values and the Will,” Dialogue 1976.
“What’s Wrong with Slippery Slope Arguments?” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 1982.
“Who Says There are No Fallacies?” Informal Logic Newsletter 1982. Reprinted, in part, under the title “Reply to Massey,” in Hans V. Hansen and Robert C. Pinto, editors, Fallacies: Classical and Contemporary Readings.
“Logical Analogies,” Informal Logic, 1985.
“Are There Two Sides to Every Question?,” in Trudy Govier, editor, Selected Issues in Logic and Communications (Wadsworth 1988). Used, in substantial portions, in Richard Fulkerson, Teaching the Argument in Writing. National Council of Teachers of English (U.S.), 1996) Chapter 11.
“Trust and Testimony: Nine Arguments on Testimonial Knowledge,” International Journal of Moral and Social Studies. 1993.
“The Problems and Pitfalls of Apologies” (co-authored with Wilhelm Verwoerd). Journal of Social Philosophy, 2002.
“Acknowledgement and Forced Confession,” Acorn 2001.
“Trust and the Problem of National Reconciliation,” (co-authored with Wilhelm Verwoerd”, Philosophy of the Social Sciences 2002.
“Taking Wrongs Seriously: A Qualified Defense of Public Apology” (co-authored with Wilhelm Verwoerd), Saskatchewan Law Review 2002.
“Emotion, Relevance, and Consolation Arguments” in Kent Peacock, editor, Mistakes of Reason. Festschrift volume for John Woods. University of Toronto Press. Presented at a conference at the University of Lethbridge, spring 2002.
"Should A Priori Analogies be regarded as Deductive Arguments?" Informal Logic, 2002.
“War’s Aftermath: The Challenges of Reconciliation,” in War: Essays in Political Philosophy, edited by Larry May. Cambridge University Press 2008.
“A Conception of Invitational Forgiveness,” with Colin Hirano, Journal of Social Philosophy, fall 2008.
“A Dialectic of Acknowledgement”, in Reconciliation(s), edited by Joanna Quinn. In press, McGill Queen’s University Press, 2009.
“Duets, Cartoons, and Tragedies: Struggles with the Fallacy of Composition,” in Pondering Problems of Argumentation, edited by F. van Eemeren and Bart Garssen, (Amsterdam: Springer 2009.) pages 91 – 104.
“Hope and Its Opposites”, Journal of Social Philosophy 2011.
“Logic, Parables, and Argument,” with Lowell Ayers. Informal Logic, Vol. 32, 2. 2012.
TALKS GIVEN IN RECENT YEARS:
“Respect and Its Limits” – Presentation to a meeting of the Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership, on free speech issues. Toronto. April, 2011.
“Social Trust: Its Significance for Reconciliation” -- at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. University of Notre Dame. South Bend, Indiana. November 8, 2012
“Reflections on the Authority of Personal Experience” -- conference talk, Ontario Society for Studies in Argumentation. University of Windsor, May, 2013.
“The Trophy” – dialogue presented at the Apeiron Society for Practical Philosophy, Calgary. March 11, 2014. This dialogue was also presented to the Calgary Association for Lifelong Learners (CALL).
“Misery and Help” -- dialogue presented at the Apeiron Society for Practical Philosophy, Calgary. February 24. 2015.
“Victims and Victimhood” – talk to the Victoria Secular Humanists Association. Victoria, February 2015.
“Religious Tolerance and its Limits” – dialogue presented at the Apeiron Society for Practical Philosophy, Calgary. March 1, 2016.
“Outstanding Questions about Analogies” – conference talk, Ontario Society for Studies in Argumentation. University of Windsor, May 2016.
“Reflections on Trust, Distrust, and Trustworthiness.” Yale Center for Faith and Culture. Seminar on Joy, Trust, and Suspicion, organized by Professor Miroslav Volf.
Trudy Govier (short CV)
Professor Emerita, Adjunct Professor, University of Lethbridge, Alberta Canada.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: Social Philosophy; Ethics; Theory of Argument
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
BOOKS:
A Practical Study of Argument. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.) Seven editions: 1985, 1988, 1992, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2010. Enhanced seventh edition, 2014.
Problems in Argument Evaluation and Analysis. (Dordrecht, NL and Berlin: Foris/deGruyter 1987).
Note: A Second edition of this work is in progress and will be distributed by Windsor Studies in Argumentation, planned for 2018.
Selected Issues in Logic and Communication. (editor) (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1988)
God, the Devil, and the Perfect Pizza (Peterborough ON: Broadview Press, 1989)
Socrates’ Children (Peterborough ON: Broadview Press, 1997)
Social Trust and Human Communities (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1997)
Dilemmas of Trust (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1998)
The Philosophy of Argument (Newport News,VA: Vale Press 1999).
Forgiveness and Revenge (London: Routledge 2002)
A Delicate Balance: What Philosophy Can Tell Us About Terrorism (Boulder, CO: Westview Press 2002)
Dilemmas of Reconciliation (edited, with Carol A.L. Prager) (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2003)
Taking Wrongs Seriously: Acknowledgement, Reconciliation, and the Politics of Sustainable Peace. (Amherst New York: Humanity Books <Prometheus> 2006)
Victims and Victimhood (Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press 2015).
SELECTED JOURNAL ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS:
“The Right to Eat and the Duty to Work,” Philosophy of the Social Sciences 1975. Anthologized in T.A. Mappes and J.S. Zembaty, editors, Social Ethics: Morality and Social Policy (McGraw-Hill, several editions); Stephen Satris, Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Moral Issues (Dushkin, 1988); and Eldon Soifer, Ethical Issues: Perspectives for Canadians (Broadview, First Edition 1992).
“Belief, Values and the Will,” Dialogue 1976.
“What’s Wrong with Slippery Slope Arguments?” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 1982.
“Who Says There are No Fallacies?” Informal Logic Newsletter 1982. Reprinted, in part, under the title “Reply to Massey,” in Hans V. Hansen and Robert C. Pinto, editors, Fallacies: Classical and Contemporary Readings.
“Logical Analogies,” Informal Logic, 1985.
“Are There Two Sides to Every Question?,” in Trudy Govier, editor, Selected Issues in Logic and Communications (Wadsworth 1988). Used, in substantial portions, in Richard Fulkerson, Teaching the Argument in Writing. National Council of Teachers of English (U.S.), 1996) Chapter 11.
“Trust and Testimony: Nine Arguments on Testimonial Knowledge,” International Journal of Moral and Social Studies. 1993.
“The Problems and Pitfalls of Apologies” (co-authored with Wilhelm Verwoerd). Journal of Social Philosophy, 2002.
“Acknowledgement and Forced Confession,” Acorn 2001.
“Trust and the Problem of National Reconciliation,” (co-authored with Wilhelm Verwoerd”, Philosophy of the Social Sciences 2002.
“Taking Wrongs Seriously: A Qualified Defense of Public Apology” (co-authored with Wilhelm Verwoerd), Saskatchewan Law Review 2002.
“Emotion, Relevance, and Consolation Arguments” in Kent Peacock, editor, Mistakes of Reason. Festschrift volume for John Woods. University of Toronto Press. Presented at a conference at the University of Lethbridge, spring 2002.
"Should A Priori Analogies be regarded as Deductive Arguments?" Informal Logic, 2002.
“War’s Aftermath: The Challenges of Reconciliation,” in War: Essays in Political Philosophy, edited by Larry May. Cambridge University Press 2008.
“A Conception of Invitational Forgiveness,” with Colin Hirano, Journal of Social Philosophy, fall 2008.
“A Dialectic of Acknowledgement”, in Reconciliation(s), edited by Joanna Quinn. In press, McGill Queen’s University Press, 2009.
“Duets, Cartoons, and Tragedies: Struggles with the Fallacy of Composition,” in Pondering Problems of Argumentation, edited by F. van Eemeren and Bart Garssen, (Amsterdam: Springer 2009.) pages 91 – 104.
“Hope and Its Opposites”, Journal of Social Philosophy 2011.
“Logic, Parables, and Argument,” with Lowell Ayers. Informal Logic, Vol. 32, 2. 2012.
TALKS GIVEN IN RECENT YEARS:
“Respect and Its Limits” – Presentation to a meeting of the Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership, on free speech issues. Toronto. April, 2011.
“Social Trust: Its Significance for Reconciliation” -- at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. University of Notre Dame. South Bend, Indiana. November 8, 2012
“Reflections on the Authority of Personal Experience” -- conference talk, Ontario Society for Studies in Argumentation. University of Windsor, May, 2013.
“The Trophy” – dialogue presented at the Apeiron Society for Practical Philosophy, Calgary. March 11, 2014. This dialogue was also presented to the Calgary Association for Lifelong Learners (CALL).
“Misery and Help” -- dialogue presented at the Apeiron Society for Practical Philosophy, Calgary. February 24. 2015.
“Victims and Victimhood” – talk to the Victoria Secular Humanists Association. Victoria, February 2015.
“Religious Tolerance and its Limits” – dialogue presented at the Apeiron Society for Practical Philosophy, Calgary. March 1, 2016.
“Outstanding Questions about Analogies” – conference talk, Ontario Society for Studies in Argumentation. University of Windsor, May 2016.
“Reflections on Trust, Distrust, and Trustworthiness.” Yale Center for Faith and Culture. Seminar on Joy, Trust, and Suspicion, organized by Professor Miroslav Volf.