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Deliberative Democratic Theory and Debate
What gives? I am reading Deliberative Democratic Theory for the first time – never really been much of one to have faith in democracy other than a rhetorical commonplace that really comes in handy – perhaps more than any other commonplace out there, even family (Sorry Vin Diesel). But this is some good stuff. It’s…
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Talking about Rhetoric on a Podcast
Thanks to Ian for a great time on his podcast. It makes me want to fire up In the Bin again, but what doesn’t? The only thing about In the Bin is that I no longer have regular updates or contact with the tournament-debating world. Although this is overwhelmingly a good thing – nearly all…
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Is Debate about Serving Your Arguments, or Serving the Ends of Debate Itself?
Debate’s structure makes structural demands on speakers. When entering a debate, one enters carrying the immense ideological weight of what you think a debate should look like. All the debates you’ve seen, all that you have thought debate is and should be, every debate you’ve hated and enjoyed – we all walk into the debate…
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I tried to make a voice post
Hopefully the LiveJournal vibes can be captured. Loved the voice posting. It was so long ago now. Here’s my attempt!
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Bad Teaching is Debate Coaching
Still thinking about what makes bad teaching/good teaching. I found this atrocious lecture from “debate coaches” supposedly teaching the best and brightest young debaters at an exclusive “forum” for debate at Emory University. The Barkley Forum doesn’t seem to have any quality control standards. We get a route lecture that is thin, vapid, and incorrect…
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Don’t Listen to Debate Coaches about Political Debates
There’s no reason to listen to debate coaches when they are interviewed by the media on Presidential debates or any election debates. The reason is obvious: Collegiate or High-School debate has no connection to political debating. Debate coaches love attention and love being in the media. The reason they are trusted on these matters is…
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The Canonical Debate Lab is on a Mission to Clean Up Internet Debate
https://anchor.fm/inthebin/episodes/The-Canonical-Debate-Lab-Can-Internet-Debating-Have-Value-e10ao4h In this latest episode, I chat with the co-founders of the Canonical Debate Lab about their project to establish a way to collect, store, and provide arguments to the world to improve decision making. I’m joined by Timothy High and Bentley Davis to talk about how computers, coding, and the internet can hopefully improve…
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Cooking and Debating: Debating and the Need for a New Metaphor
The history of American intercollegiate debate practice is mostly the tracking of metaphors. Debate instructors and debate practice has always been connected to some metaphor that communicates the value and importance of debate as an educational practice. Since the mid 20th century, that metaphor has only been “fair competition” and further reduced to “fair tournament…
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That’s Not Relevant
Relevance is a part of argumentation, not a rule or container that surrounds or determines what kinds of arguments are permitted. It’s not a referee and it’s not a boundary. Consider relevance an ask, or an indicator, that you are not doing a very good job of sharing your view with your audience/interlocutor. They are…
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A Year of Online Debating – Reflections and Lessons Learned – New Podcast Episode
https://anchor.fm/inthebin/episodes/Lessons-Learned-from-Taking-Intercollegiate-Debate-Online-etsa4b In this new episode of In the Bin, I chat with Will Silberman who has tabbed a ton of British Parliamentary format debate tournaments here in the United States. We talk about the past 13 months of online debate, what questions about debate it raises, what mistakes were made, and what benefits came out…
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