Henry Johnstone, Jr.'s Still-Unacknowledged Contributions to Contemporary Argumentation Theory

Abstract

Given the pragmatic tum recently taken by argumentation studies, we owe renewed attention to Henry Johnstone's views on the primacy of process over product. In particular, Johnstone's decidedly non-cooperative model is a refreshing alternative to the current dialogic theories of arguing, one which opens the way for specifically rhetorical lines of inquiry.

Keywords

• Henry W. Johnstone
• Jr.
• argumentation
• argument as product
• argument as process
• dialogue