
The Art of Debate
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Jarrod Atchison
If you're like many people, you might associate debate with a high school or college club, or perhaps a TV political debate that features two or more candidates talking over each other. But if these are your only associations with debating, you're missing out on an exhilarating intellectual pursuit that can help you in all aspects of your daily life. The ability to debate - to present persuasive arguments, pierce the logic of others, and turn the tables against withering cross-examinations - is one of the truest tests of one's intellectual capacity.
The Art of Debate offers you the ultimate how-to guide for anyone interested in learning this powerful skill. Taught by acclaimed Professor Jarrod Atchison of Wake Forest University, these 24 stimulating lectures will help you develop your command of logic, construct clear and concise arguments, recognize the fallacies in others' reasoning, and sharpen your strategic thinking skills. Through a series of well-structured lectures that proceed logically through each formal element of a debate, Professor Atchison shows you how to build and defend an argument, sharpening your critical thinking skills so that you come away from the course well prepared for any kind of debate.
While Professor Atchison provides you an abundance of insight into the formal elements of debate, the focus of this course is on applied debating - developing skills that you can apply to the real world to help you think through complex issues and arrive at better decisions. Imagine you are a manager faced with a difficult dilemma: should you repair some of your manufacturing equipment, or invest in new equipment? What do you do?
Whether you are trying to make a tough business decision or lead a lively discussion at the dinner table, this course will elevate your strategic thinking, providing insight not only into how to win arguments, but how to present ideas more generally.
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Lets Debate
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The narrator
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The ability to know when that cable news personality is lying to you about vaccines and other things (a good percentage of the time, if you were wondering) is an invaluable skill that democracies should encourage.
This course helps people to think and make good decisions. Who wouldn’t want to learn those skills?
Important information
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Kind of systematic approach that helps when the debating parties respect at least basic rules: a topic to debate and equal time to talk.
The biggest value is it helps to prepare a strategy and potential reactions to typical situations that happen in the debate.
Helps to prepare for important debate
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Very useful skill set
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What insight do you think you’ll apply from The Art of Debate?
Become a skilled debater is as difficult as becoming an elite athlete. Both require motivation, deliberate practice and good coaching, a great deal of time, and a broad repertoire of techniques. But finding a good howto on debate is difficult because most debate courses are written for academics and philosophers debating metaphysics, or for lawyers and politicians debating in highly structured environments. In contrast, this course is perfect for we rank and file managers and parents seeking to become more effective in everyday business and life. This course equipped me with both a pragmatic big picture framework and a robust set of techniques that have proved as valuable at work as around the dinner table.Rigorous yet practical
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One of the best aspects is that the author uses fairly controversial topics as examples, arguing from both traditional conservative and traditional liberal stances. I really enjoyed hearing both sides of an argument and getting an appreciation for the process of constructing and judging a case, regardless of my previous personal stance. Based on some of the other reviews, it looks like some people struggled with this and got frustrated to hear the weaknesses in their views.
Full disclosure: I'm the author's younger brother, so I'm not unbiased. But as someone who has never formally debated, I learned a lot.
Good Introduction
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Listen to this nerd talk about debate
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riveting
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Great Introduction
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