Socratic Method: The Elenchus
What is a Socratic Method? The Socratic Method is a purposeful questioning of someone to test the coherence, consistency, and credibility of what he said.
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Logic
The Basic Types of Proposition with Interesting Examples
One way to classify propositions is to brand them as either ‘categorical’, ‘hypothetical’, or ‘modal.’ They are the types of statements commonly used in reasoning and delivering debate speeches.
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The World Schools Style Debate: Mastering this Format in Argumentation
World Schools Style debate (or ‘WSS’) is a blend of the British Parliamentary and Australia-Asian debating formats, originally drafted for the World Schools Debating Championships tournament.
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Correct Reasoning: Why We Must Study the Fundamentals
From academic subjects like Logic, Critical Thinking, and Debate, we learn about reasoning. Reasoning has various interrelated meanings, one of them is making sense of things or applying logical rules in actual situations like validating something, verifying information, and justifying beliefs …
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Doxa and Episteme: A Lesson in Holding a Sound Belief
Doxa and Episteme: A Lesson in Holding a Sound Belief
Many valuable lessons can be learned from distinguishing between doxa and episteme.
Doxa may refer to common belief and popular opinion, whereas episteme is interpreted as more of a justified, true belief. …
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Examples of Interesting Debate Topics: Classic and Recent Issues
Some of these topics are classic or timelessly divisive issues while others are recent subject matters. Arguments for and against the issues and other pertinent information serving as background, primer, or teaser for the topics are also provided to help the debate professors and students in debate classes.
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Debate Proposition and Debate Issues: Philippine Context
DEBATE PROPOSITION necessarily involves an “issue” or that which is the subject of concern or the central topic in a debate. For instance, in the proposition “Resolved that Death Penalty should be legalized,” the debate issue is evidently ‘death penalty’ or ‘capital punishment’ …
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How To Do Well In Parliamentary Debate
PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE is one of the popular debate formats utilized especially in college-level institutions in English-speaking nations. Seen as a good venue to somewhat practice the so-called parliamentary procedure, this debate type (also referred to as ‘Parli’) is commonly favored by institutions related to policy making, law, political science, and legal management …
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Mastering the Oxford-Oregon Debate
THE OREGON-OXFORD TYPE OF DEBATE permits three to four speakers in both the affirmative and the negative side. What makes it distinct from the parliamentary type of debate is the interpellation right after each constructive speech. This interpellation is also called ‘cross-examination,’ hence Oregon-Oxford debate is sometimes referred to as ‘Cross-examination debate.’
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Drafting and Delivering an Impressive Debate Speech
TO BE ENGANGED in an oral debate exercise as a speaker necessarily means that you have to deliver a debate speech that should not be less than impressive if not necessarily winning. Regardless of the debate format you are using, the following guidelines can significantly help you in this regard.
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