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  2. Proposition - Wikipedia

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    Attempts to provide a workable definition of proposition include the following: Two meaningful declarative sentences express the same proposition, if and only if they mean the same thing. [citation needed] which defines proposition in terms of synonymity. For example, "Snow is white" (in English) and "Schnee ist weiß" (in German) are different ...

  3. Glossary of policy debate terms - Wikipedia

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    The subjects of the debate topic, typically a government agency, is not the interlocutor; the debate rounds are not addressed to them. Within the topic of the debate, a group that enacts a certain policy action is the policy group; if by an individual, the individual is the policy leader, such as a head of state.

  4. Debate - Wikipedia

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    This alternating speech will go on until the third opposition. Following this, the opposition bench will give the reply speech. In the reply speech, the opposition goes first and then the proposition. The debate ends when the proposition ends the reply speech. 4 minutes are allocated for the reply speech, and no POIs can be offered during this ...

  5. Proposition (politics) - Wikipedia

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    A proposition is also a popular initiative, viz a measure or proposed legislation "proposed" to the members of a legislature or to voters, in a direct popular plebiscite, for their approval. In the US American phenomenon of popular plebiscites, propositions can take the form of an initiative or a referendum; for example, see the list of ...

  6. Policy debate - Wikipedia

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    Policy debaters' speed of delivery will vary from league to league and tournament to tournament. In more progressive and larger tournaments, debaters will speak very quickly - often called spreading - in order to read as much evidence and make as many arguments as possible within the time-constrained speech.

  7. The Idaho Statesman hosted a debate on ranked choice ... - AOL

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    The debate about Proposition 1 on Idaho’s ballot this November was at Boise State University. The Idaho Statesman hosted a debate on ranked choice voting. Here are key takeaways

  8. Begging the question - Wikipedia

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    Aristotle's intended meaning is closely tied to the type of dialectical argument he discusses in his Topics, book VIII: a formalized debate in which the defending party asserts a thesis that the attacking party must attempt to refute by asking yes-or-no questions and deducing some inconsistency between the responses and the original thesis.

  9. Argument - Wikipedia

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    An argument is a series of sentences, statements, or propositions some of which are called premises and one is the conclusion. [1] The purpose of an argument is to give reasons for one's conclusion via justification, explanation, and/or persuasion.