Manifest Rationality: A Pragmatic Theory of Argument

by Ralph H. Johnson

Book Overview

This book works through some of the theoretical issues that have been accumulating in informal logic over the past 20 years. At the same time, it defines a core position in the theory of argument in which those issues can be further explored. The underlying concern that motivates this work is the health of practice of argumentation as an important cultural artifact. A further concern is for logic as a discipline. Argumentative and dialectical in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805821740
• ISBN13: 9780805821741
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"