Stevens, Katharina

My research interests are in argumentation theory, the ethics of argumentation and legal philosophy. In legal philosophy, I have written on reasoning by precedent. In argumentation theory, my main area of work is in the Ethics of Argumentation. I have edited several special issues on various topics falling into this area and written on topics like adversariality, the principle of charity and autonomy in argumentation. Recently, I published an academic monograph called "The Ethics of Argumentation" on the topic. Right now, I am completing work on a textbook called "How to Argue Without Being a Jerk". My current research project is on voice allocation in argumentation, and so far I have published on the fallacy "poisoning the well" in this context.

If you want to talk about Argumentation Theory or Legal Philosophy - or about philosophy in general - just walk by my office, or send me an email.

I HAVE A NEW AI POLICY for all students who want to work under my supervision. For Honours theses, Independent Studies, MA and PhD supervision, I will require students to sign the following:

" For the duration of the supervisor/supervisee relationship, the undersigning student agrees, when it comes to written work (to be) handed in for the assessment of the undersigning supervisor (this includes, but is not limited to, theses, thesis chapters, independent study papers etc.), to use AI only (if at all) for the following purposes:

1) To find typos/grammatical errors/spelling mistakes.

2) To check that references are formatted correctly.

3) To suggest readings (but not to replace reading them with summaries).

4) To identify words that may be cut.                     

ALL OTHER USES OF AI in a written work handed in to the supervisor for assessment will count as cheating/plagiarism and be treated accordingly.

 For the duration of the supervisor/supervisee relationship, the undersigning supervisor agrees, when it comes to written work handed in for assessment by the undersigning student, not to use AI for any aspect of the assessment."