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    22 OCT 2013

     The Point of Argument

    The point of a good argument isn’t for one person to simply win over the other. It’s ideally for both to come away with cognitive gains. Even if the goal of an argument is to reach a decision, the goal isn’t to win, the goal is to define the parameters for a good decision and then make the best possible decision with that in mind. I’ve come to believe that when two reasonably smart people disagree on a subject, at the core, it is often because one of the following: One or both of the particip...
    Folksonomies: debate logic
    Folksonomies: debate logic
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    The goal should be to define the parameters of where everyone can agree.

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