Decision by Debate

Decision by Debate
Author: Douglas Ehninger
Publisher: IDEA
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2008
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781932716474

Decision by Debate broke new ground in argumentation and debate with its publication in 1963. Ehninger and Brockriede were the first to recognize debate as fundamentally a co-operative enterprise, with the competitive clash of ideas occurring within a framework in which everyone has the opportunity to speak, in which everyone agrees to suspend judgment until all arguments are presented, in which everyone agrees to abide by the decision of the adjudicator. The most lasting legacy of the work is its break with formal, deductive logic and its introduction of Stephen Toulmin's model of argument to undergraduate student debaters, which, since then, has become a mainstay of what many have called the Renaissance of argumentation studies. Without the work presented in Decision by Debate, contemporary interdisciplinary views of argumentation that now dominate many disciplines might have never have taken place or at least have been severely delayed.

The Art of Debate

The Art of Debate
Author: Raymond Macdonald Alden
Publisher:
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1900
Genre: Debates and debating
ISBN:

Argumentation and Debate

Argumentation and Debate
Author: Martin Remland
Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2014-07-25
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781465252029

Argumentation and Debate: A Public Speaking Approach

Argumentation and Debate

Argumentation and Debate
Author: Kevin Desire MAASA
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2018-04-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781980947745

Maasa Kevin Desire's Argumentation and Debate was inspired by the difficulties most Sub-Saharan debaters face in formulating winning arguments and ultimately winning the debate. This book thus offers a step by step guide to mastering the art of argumentation and debate while debating in the World Schools Debate Format. Unlike most debate manuals, this book not only offers an in-depth analysis on the nittygritties of the World School Debate Format, which include but not limited to an understanding of team burdens, case development, motion analysis, speaker roles, but also offers a great insight on material on the art of argumentation such as critical thinking, argument construction, assessment and evaluation, logical reasoning, advanced rebuttal - which actually form the heart of any debate. Some of the Chapters in the book are concluded with a section containing FAQs by debaters and coaches. These sections are aimed at expanding the debaters' understanding of the WSD formalities, and also provide answers to some of the most common controversies in debate. Whereas the information in this book has been greatly allied to the World School's Debate Format, it does not mean that it may not be worthwhile for other debate formats. The great debater will actually find this information impressively relevant to debating in other formats of debate. You therefore needn't wait to read. Read now and be ready whenever!

The Practice of Argumentation

The Practice of Argumentation
Author: David Zarefsky
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2019-09-19
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 110703471X

Explores how we justify our beliefs - and try to influence those of others - both soundly and effectively.

How to Win Every Argument

How to Win Every Argument
Author: Madsen Pirie
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2015-03-12
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 147252697X

In the second edition of this witty and infectious book, Madsen Pirie builds upon his guide to using - and indeed abusing - logic in order to win arguments. By including new chapters on how to win arguments in writing, in the pub, with a friend, on Facebook and in 140 characters (on Twitter), Pirie provides the complete guide to triumphing in altercations ranging from the everyday to the downright serious. He identifies with devastating examples all the most common fallacies popularly used in argument. We all like to think of ourselves as clear-headed and logical - but all readers will find in this book fallacies of which they themselves are guilty. The author shows you how to simultaneously strengthen your own thinking and identify the weaknesses in other people arguments. And, more mischievously, Pirie also shows how to be deliberately illogical - and get away with it. This book will make you maddeningly smart: your family, friends and opponents will all wish that you had never read it. Publisher's warning: In the wrong hands this book is dangerous. We recommend that you arm yourself with it whilst keeping out of the hands of others. Only buy this book as a gift if you are sure that you can trust the recipient.

Art, Argument and Advocacy

Art, Argument and Advocacy
Author: John Meany
Publisher: IDEA
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2002
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780970213075

Art, Argument and Advocacy offers a theoretical and practical foundation for effective participation in academic debate competition, as well as public debate and discussion events.

Public Policy Argumentation and Debate

Public Policy Argumentation and Debate
Author: Philip Dalton
Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Communication
ISBN: 9781433111686

Through an exclusive focus on public policy advocacy as a practical endeavor, Philip Dalton and John R. Butler depart from approaches to debate education that focus on the rules of simulated, academic debate formats. Beginning with the assumption that readers have already developed a basic capacity to argue, they offer practical guidance for determining the fundamental issues that make up a controversy and what expectations public audiences will have for advocacy based on the issues and the burdens of advocates challenging or defending the status quo. Through examples that span a wide range of advocacy situations and subjects of contemporary importance, the authors build a framework for public policy advocacy that is organic to the communication discipline, recover and refresh foundational lessons about the uses of evidence, and provide critical questions that can be used to develop and communicate policy proposals that are sensible and appealing. Written in an accessible, respectful, and motivational style, the book is suitable for students of debate, professionals who function as advocates, and people who find themselves wishing to voice their opinion on an issue of concern.

Debate Dynamics: How Controversy Improves Our Beliefs

Debate Dynamics: How Controversy Improves Our Beliefs
Author: Gregor Betz
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2012-08-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9400745990

Is critical argumentation an effective way to overcome disagreement? And does the exchange of arguments bring opponents in a controversy closer to the truth? This study provides a new perspective on these pivotal questions. By means of multi-agent simulations, it investigates the truth and consensus-conduciveness of controversial debates. The book brings together research in formal epistemology and argumentation theory. Aside from its consequences for discursive practice, the work may have important implications for philosophy of science and the way we construe scientific rationality as well.