Argument & Computation Journal

Not really blowing my own trumpet, because I haven’t had anything to do with this but it is the research group that I am part of, but Chris and others have managed to get a new journal started called “Argument and Computation” which is being published by Taylor & Francis. The original announcement is over at the ARG:dundee blog. The editorial board seems to consists of just about everybody who is anybody in the world of computational models of argumentation. The remit is basically along the following lines:

Argument and Computation aims to promote the interaction and cross-fertilisation between the fields of argumentation theory and computer science. It will be of interest to researchers in the fields of artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems, computer science, logic, philosophy, argumentation theory, psychology, cognitive science, game theory and economics.

but what is interesting is that the journal is soliciting papers that have a core focus on argumentation with an explicit practical or theoretical application to A.I. or computer science. This will make the journal stand apart from others in the same sphere such as Argumentation and Informal Logic which do not require any connection to computational models and are often more philosophically oriented. Anyhow an  informational flier is now available in case you want to convince your librarian to order a subscription.