The 6th Tokyo Conference on Argumentation will be held August 10 (Mon)–12 (Wed), 2020. The conference is sponsored by the Japan Debate Association (JDA) and in cooperation with International Budo University, Chiba near Tokyo, Japan. The conference is designed to encourage exchanges of views on the theory, practice and instruction of argumentation across the disciplines. Basic information about the 6th conference is available at: http://japan-debate-association.org/tokyo_conference
Potential topics of interest include: argumentation and rhetoric, forensic pedagogy, the philosophy and psychology of reasoning, practical studies, and studies of historical argumentative texts. Presentations related to the convention theme “Argumentation and Education” are encouraged, but proposals are not restricted to it. Qualified papers will appear in our Proceedings to be distributed at the Conference.
On-line submission of abstracts will be accepted starting May 15, 2019. Submit your name, title, affiliation and 200–300 word abstract by January 15, 2020, on our web site at: [email protected]
Acceptance will be notified by February 15, 2020. We also accept panel proposals, and the panel should have a 200–300 word abstract. The panel description must contain its basic content and titles of each paper, but abstracts of each paper are unnecessary. Accepted authors who wish to have their papers considered for publication in the Proceedings must submit full manuscript by July 10, 2020.
If you have questions, please contact Planning Committee Chair Takeshi Suzuki, School of Information and Communication, Meiji University, 1-1 Kanda-surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8301 Japan, or send your question at: [email protected]
Christopher TindaleUniversity of WindsorEmeritus Hiroshi MatsusakaWaseda University