Fallacies and Free Speech

Juhani Rudanko is Professor Emeritus at Tampere University, Finland. He was Associate Professor of English at that university from 1979 to 2001 and then Professor from 2001 to 2016. His publications include books and articles on the system of English predicate complementation, including its evolution, and on early American political history.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Probing Deeper than the Surface of Discourse: Identifying Fallacies in a Political Debate in 1789.- Chapter 3: Political Rhetoric in Wartime: a Study from 1812.- Chapter 4: Attacks on the Madison Administration in the Federal Republican in Early 1813.- Chapter 5: James Madison, the Father of Freedom of Speech.- Chapter 6: Conclusion.