 In the pursuit of its goals, informal logic addresses topics which include, to take only a few examples, the nature and definition of argument, criteria for argument evaluation, argumentation schemes, fallacies, notions of validity, the rhetorical and dialectical aspects of arguing, argument diagramming (“mapping”), cognitive biases, the history of argument analysis, artificial intelligence (AI), and the varying norms and rules that govern argumentative practices in different kinds of contexts. 