Leo Groarke | |
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8th President and Vice-Chancellor of Trent University | |
Assumed office July 1, 2014 | |
Chancellor |
Don Tapscott Stephen Stohn |
Preceded by | Steven E. Franklin |
Succeeded by | Cathy Bruce |
Personal details | |
Born | 1953 |
Relatives | Louis Groarke (brother) |
Occupation | Professor, university administrator |
Known for | Argumentation theory, informal logic |
Academic background | |
Alma mater |
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Thesis | Scepticism: A defense (1982) |
Doctoral advisor | Tom Lennon |
Academic work | |
Discipline | philosophy |
Institutions | |
Leo Groarke (born 1953) is a Canadian philosopher, known for his contributions to argumentation theory and informal logic.
Groarke has authored and edited a number of books, articles, and anthologies. [1] Groarke has held numerous administrative positions at various Canadian universities, and currently serves as the President of Trent University. [2]
He is the brother of philosophers Louis Groarke and Paul Groarke. The three are identical triplets. [3]
Groarke studied at the University of Calgary, Simon Fraser University, the University of Helsinki, and the University of Western Ontario. He earned his PhD in philosophy in 1982 and was a professor of philosophy at Wilfrid Laurier University, also holding several administrative positions. From 2010 to 2015 he served as the provost/vice-president academic at the University of Windsor. [1] Since 2014 he has been the president of Trent University. [2]
Groarke's publications have concerned Ancient Greek philosophy, the history of ideas, and argumentation theory. He has published several papers on the possibility of arguments in non-linguistic modes, such as visual and musical arguments. With David Birdsell, he edited a special edition of Argumentation and Advocacy on Visual Argumentation in 2007. [1] He is the author of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry for Informal Logic, and also wrote the 2008 edition of the Stanford Encyclopedia entry for Ancient Skepticism. [4] [5]