【Basic information】

Name：YU Shiyang

Gender：Male

Academic Title：Postdoc

Email：shiyangyu@nankai.edu.cn

Areas of Research：argumentation theory, informal logic, critical thinking, legal logic

【Education】

2008-2012 University of Sun Yat-sen University, China; B.A. studies in Tourism Management

2012-2014 University of Sun Yat-sen University, China; M.A. studies in Philosophy (supervisor: prof. XIONG Minghui)

2016-2019 University of Sun Yat-sen University, China; Ph.D. studies in Philosophy (supervisor: prof. XIONG Minghui)

2017-2018 University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; visiting student (supervisor: prof. Frans van Eemeren)

【Teaching】

An introduction to informal logic

Argumentation in context

【Selected Publications】

Articles (SSCI/SCI/A&HCI, JCR/JCI-Q1)

Zenker, F., & Yu, S.* 2022. Authority argument schemes, types, and critical questions. Argumentation (online first).

Yu, S., & Zenker, F.* 2022. Identifying linked and convergent argument structures: a problem unsolved. Informal Logic 42: 363-387.

Yu, S., & Chen, X.* 2022. How to justify a backing’s eligibility for a warrant: the justification of a legal interpretation in a hard case. Artificial Intelligence and Law (online first).

Yu, S., & Zenker, F.* 2020. Schemes, critical questions, and complete argument evaluation. Argumentation 34: 469–498.

Yu, S., & Zenker, F.* 2019. A dialectical view on conduction: Reasons, warrants, and normal suasory inclinations. Informal Logic 39: 32-69.

Yu, S., & Zenker, F.* 2018. Peirce knew why abduction isn’t IBE—A scheme and critical questions for abductive argument. Argumentation 32: 569-587.

Book Review

Yu, S., & Zenker, F.* 2021. An eco-cognitive model of abductive reasoning. Science & Education 30: 779-782. (SSCI, SCI, A&HCI, Q-1)

Conference paper

Yu, S., & Zenker, F.* 2022. The origins, functions, and dialogical context of the critical questions for argument schemes. Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Argumentation. (Italy)

Zenker, F., & Yu, S.* 2020. A new typology for arguments from authority. In J. Cook (ed): Proceedings of the 12th Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation Conference. (Canada)

Yu, S., & Chen, X.* 2020. Towards the justification of warrant in a legal hard case: How to justify a legal rule by the backing. In C.D. Novaes, H. Jansen, J.A. van Laar, & B. Verheij (eds.): Reason to Dissent. Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Argumentation, Volume III, pp. 449-462. College Publications. (The Netherlands)

Yu, S., & Zenker, F.* 2019. Towards complete argument evaluation: A logico-pragmatic account of argument scheme. In B. Garssen, D. Godden, G.R. Mitchell, & J.H.M. Wagemans (eds.): Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation, pp. 1198-1205. (The Netherlands)

【Research Grants】

1. National Social Science Foundation (20CZX049).

2. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2022T150335; 2020M680874).

【Honors and Awards】

I won the essay prize of Association for Informal Logic & Critical Thinking in 2021, and the honorable mention of Association for Informal Logic & Critical Thinking in 2020.