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Purposes of Debate Part 4: Using Pragmatism as an Argument

Purposes of Debate Part 4: Using Pragmatism as an Argument

by Harrison Durland | Feb 12, 2021 | Debate, Soapbox, Theory

This post is part of a series:See part 1 hereSee part 2 hereSee part 3 here Throughout this series, I’ve been setting the stage for and summarizing Pragmatism as an expansive paradigm/weighing mechanism for a judge to make decisions in debate (among other things, such...
Retaining Attention: A Prerequisite to Success

Retaining Attention: A Prerequisite to Success

by Patrick McDonald | Feb 11, 2021 | Speaking, Strategy

He’s asleep. He’s literally asleep. When that thought pierced into my mind, my initial reaction was one of astonishment. I was roughly halfway through my Persuasive speech, and five feet in front of me was the head judge, his head peacefully at rest on his chair,...
The Fallacious Fiat

The Fallacious Fiat

by Jeremiah Mosbey | Feb 9, 2021 | Basics, Fiat, From Novice to Intermediate, Theory, TP

If you’ve been in debate for any length of time, you’re probably well aware of the principle of fiat power. You’ve read about it in debate manuals, learned about it in camp, and probably even argued it in actual rounds. In fact, it’s even addressed in other Ethos...
How to Make Your Plan Text Fool-Proof (Literally)

How to Make Your Plan Text Fool-Proof (Literally)

by Nathan Wang | Feb 5, 2021 | Debate, From Novice to Intermediate, TP

Resolved: The United States Federal Government should add more seats to the supreme court. What are your first thoughts from reading this resolution? Well, if you think like me, you’re thinking about all the reasons why the supreme court needs more justices. My...
Revisiting the Burden of Proof, Part 2

Revisiting the Burden of Proof, Part 2

by Ben Brown | Feb 4, 2021 | Concept Analysis, Debate, From Advanced to National-Class, From Intermediate to Advanced, Negative, Strategy, TP, Uncategorized

In part 1, we looked at the argument for net benefits being the superior framing as compared to the burden of proof in Team Policy.  The short version is that 9 times out of 10, the burden of proof boils down to net benefits anyway.  That is, first, if there’s a net...
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