Marcello Guarini is a contemporary analytic philosopher at the University of Windsor specializing in informal logic, argumentation theory, and the philosophy of language. His work examines the formal and cognitive dimensions of analogical reasoning, including its Aristotelian roots in the paradeigma. He has contributed to debates on how analogical arguments can be reconstructed within formal logical frameworks.
Developed formal analyses of analogical reasoning grounded in Aristotle's paradeigma
Contributed to informal logic and argumentation theory with work on non-deductive inference
Examined the relationship between classical rhetorical argument forms and modern logical analysis
Published research bridging philosophy of language and reasoning about ethics and law