Mark Battersby is a contemporary Canadian philosopher specializing in informal logic, critical thinking, and argumentation theory. He has contributed to debates about the generalizability of critical thinking skills, challenging subject-specificity accounts that deny the existence of domain-general reasoning competencies. His work engages with foundational questions in critical thinking pedagogy and the epistemology of everyday reasoning.
Defended the existence of general critical thinking skills against domain-specificity arguments (notably McPeck's position)
Contributed to informal logic and argumentation theory in the tradition of the Ontario School
Engaged in foundational debates on critical thinking pedagogy and its transferability across disciplines