by Harrison Durland | Apr 4, 2017 | DebateSmart
(Editor’s Note): Ethos has been a long-standing proponent of shell and extend and continues to teach it as the preferred negative strategy and for the most part advocates against splitting the neg. Early in the article, Harrison links to all the times that...
by Harrison Durland | Feb 17, 2017 | Technique
In the past two parts in this series, we’ve delivered a glossary of fallacies for you to use in identifying fallacious argumentation in your next round. However, just calling an argument a fallcy isn’t enough to kill it. So how do you take down fallacies?...
by Harrison Durland | Feb 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Fallacies in general, are confusing. And if the subject weren’t complicated enough already, some may feel that logicians decided to even further complicate it by distinguishing between formal and informal fallacies. By the end of this article, I hope to explain that...
by Harrison Durland | Jan 25, 2017 | Coaching a Club
I’m going to be honest, I have no idea what we were doing sometimes. Now, I’d definitely say that our club had a relatively good level of organization. However, the seemingly inevitable degree of chaos in some of our practices drove me crazy. Aside from deciding how...
by Harrison Durland | Jan 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
“Of course we know we shouldn’t touch those vines, Mr. Smith; every village child is told the story of the evil spirits that are forced to live in them, and how touching them allows the evil spirits to escape into your skin.” “Evil spirits? No, you’re confused:...
