Dec 26, 2025 · In their new paper “Two-Tier Fallacy Theory: A New Approach to Assessing Argument Quality”, Martin Hinton and Jean Wagemans argue that the problem isn’t just which fallacies we …

The members of the LANCAR group work across several interconnected research lines. Each of these comprises several projects that study various aspects of persuasive communication, with a particular …

The results of the empirical research lines are combined with theoretical insights about argument detection and mapping, argument type identification, and argumentation assessment to develop a reli…

Language and Cognition in Argumentation (LANCAR) is a thematic research group within the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC) at the Faculty of Humanities of the …

LANCAR Seminar. University of Amsterdam, January 27, 2023. Workshop Talk – V. Kostadinova & J.H.M. Wagemans (2022). Statement type annotation. Workshop “Empirical studies of discourse and …

The LANCAR research line Cognitive neuroscience of persuasion centers around the question: How does persuasive communication work at the cognitive level? We study how different kinds of …

As the science communication officer of the LANCAR group, she is responsible for social media accounts and other science communication channels and activities. For more information, please …

Coordinator: Jean Wagemans This project aims to contribute to the improvement of people’s rhetorical literacy and critical thinking skills by developing procedures for assessing argumentation. While …

LANCAR Research Internship – In the context of AI and law, the theory of argumentation schemes plays a central role as it bridges the gap between human and computational models of argument.

Dec 17, 2025 · Saadat-Yazdi, A., & Wagemans, J.H.M. (2025). Finding the missing link: An algorithmic approach to reconstructing enthymemes. Argumentation. This paper makes a novel contribution to …