
This essay explores Johnstone's idea that "rhetoric is a wedge." In particular, it explores the place of this idea in Johnstone's philosophy of argument, the need to confront this idea with argument, and ways of confronting it with ad rem and ad hominem arguments.
the rhetorical wedge, Henry Johnstone, the rhetorical bridge, BC1-199, rhetoric, Logic, argument, ad rem
the rhetorical wedge, Henry Johnstone, the rhetorical bridge, BC1-199, rhetoric, Logic, argument, ad rem
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