GUMENTATION & DEBA

CRITICAL THINKING
The ability to analyze, criticize, and advocate
ideas; to reason inductively and deductively;
and to reach factual or judgmental conclusions
based on sound inferences drawn from
unambiguous statements of knowledge or
belief.

ARGUMENTATIO
Reason giving in communicative
situations by people whose
purpose is the justification of
acts, beliefs, attitudes, and
values.

The process of inquiry and

advocacy; the seeking of a
reasoned
judgment
on
a
proposition.

GOOD REASON
Reasons that are psychologically
compelling for a given audience, that
make
further
inquiry
both
unnecessary and redundanthence
justifying a decision to affirm or
reject a proposition.

PROPAGANDA
The use of persuasion by a group
in
a
sustained,
organized
campaign using multiple media
for the purpose of influencing a
mass audience.

ETHICS
A set of constructs that guide
our decision making by
providing
standards
of
behavior telling us how we
ought to act.

PERSUASION
Communication
intended to influence
the
acts,
beliefs,
attitudes, and values of
others.

COERCION

The threat or
use of force.

DEBATE:

TWO BROAD
CATEGORIES

Academic Debate
Debate conducted
under
the
direction of an
educational
institution for the
purpose
of
providing
educational
opportunities for

Applied Debate
Debate
presented
before a judge
or
audience
with
the
power
to
render
a

Applied Debate

Special
Debate
Judicial
Debate
Parliamentar
y Debate
Nonformal
Debate

Special Debate
Debate conducted
under special rules
drafted
for
a
specific occasion
for
example,
presidential
debates.

Judicial Debate
Debate
conducted in
the courts or
before quasijudicial
bodies.

Parliamentary Debate
Debate
conducted
under the rules
of
parliamentary
procedure.

Nonformal Debate
Debate
that
occurs in various
contexts without
formal
or
prearranged
procedural rules.

Academic Debate
Debate conducted
under
the
direction of an
educational
institution for the
purpose
of
providing
educational
opportunities for

HISTORY:

at least
4,000
years ago

Egypt
ians

Chin
ese
Sch
olar
s

Academic
Debate

Ro
ma
n

Forensics

An
educational
activity
primarily concerned with
using an argumentative
perspective in examining
problems
and
communicating
with
people.

Values of
Academic
Debate

Values of Academic
Debate

Values of Academic
Debate

Values of Academic
Debate

Values of Academic
Debate

Values of Academic
Debate

Values of Academic
Debate

Values of Academic
Debate