Rob Grootendorst (11 February 1944 in

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– 23 February 2000 in

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) was a Dutch

communication Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inquir ...

and

argumentation theory Argumentation theory, or argumentation, is the interdisciplinary study of how conclusions can be supported or undermined by premises through logical reasoning. With historical origins in logic, dialectic, and rhetoric, argumentation theory, includ ...

scholar. He was professor for Dutch speech communication at the

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. His contributions to the argumentation field include the co-foundation of the pragma-dialectic school in argumentation theory. He also wrote several books on the life and works of the Dutch writer and politician Theo Thijssen.

Biography

Grootendorst was a teacher at an elementary school in the 1960s. He studied

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at the University of Amsterdam since 1980, and became a Ph.D. in 1982 in Speech Communication. The dissertation was jointly written with Frans H. van Eemeren. They jointly founded the International Society for the Study of Argumentation in 1986.

Selected works

*''Argumentation, Communication, and Fallacies: A Pragma-Dialectical Perspective'' (Hillsdale: Erlbaum, 1992), with van Eemeren *''Fundamentals of Argumentation Theory: A Handbook of Historical Backgrounds and Contemporary Developments'' (Mahwah: Erlbaum, 1996), with van Eemeren

Notes

References

* Hans V. Hansen (2000
Rob Grootendorst. In Memoriam. 1944-2000
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Informal Logic Informal logic encompasses the principles of logic and logical thought outside of a formal setting (characterized by the usage of particular statements). However, the precise definition of "informal logic" is a matter of some dispute. Ralph H. ...

, vol 20, No 2. pp. 203–204
In memoriam Rob Grootendorst
, Theo Thijssen museum 1944 births 2000 deaths Linguists from the Netherlands Communication theorists People from Schiedam University of Amsterdam alumni University of Amsterdam faculty Dutch logicians 20th-century linguists 20th-century Dutch philosophers {{Netherlands-academic-bio-stub