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  2. Debate - Wikipedia

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    The first example of parliamentary debate took place in Liverpool in 1882. [23] Although Britain invented the system of parliamentary debate, it is not the only modern country to use a parliamentary system. Countries today that use a parliamentary system and parliamentary debate include Canada, Italy, Japan, Latvia, the Netherlands, and New ...

  3. World Schools Style debate - Wikipedia

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    The delivery of proposition's main substantive arguments takes up the bulk of speaking time, involving analysis on why a claim is true and why it matters in the debate. The analysis is supplemented by examples and evidence, especially in prepared debates where debaters may use resources such as books and the internet to find evidence.

  4. Begging the question - Wikipedia

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    In this stylized form of debate, the proposition that the answerer undertakes to defend is called ' the initial thing ' (Ancient Greek: τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς, τὸ ἐν ἀρχῇ) and one of the rules of the debate is that the questioner cannot simply ask (beg) for it [clarification needed] (that would be trivial and uninteresting).

  5. Proposition - Wikipedia

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    The propositions are usually said to be the "mental content" of the attitude. For example, if Jane has a mental state of believing that it is raining, her mental content is the proposition 'it is raining.' Furthermore, since such mental states are about something (namely, propositions), they are said to be intentional mental states.

  6. Logic of argumentation - Wikipedia

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    The logic of argumentation (LA) is a formalised description of the ways in which humans reason and argue about propositions. It is used, for example, in computer artificial intelligence systems in the fields of medical diagnosis and prognosis, and research chemistry.

  7. Glossary of policy debate terms - Wikipedia

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    An example: a student at a high school debate argues that increases in United States support of United Nations peacekeeping may help to render the United States more multilateral. Such an increase is very unlikely to occur from the debate judge voting for the Affirmative, but fiat allows the student to side-step this practicality, and argue on ...

  8. Premise - Wikipedia

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    A premise or premiss [a] is a proposition—a true or false declarative statement—used in an argument to prove the truth of another proposition called the conclusion. [1] Arguments consist of a set of premises and a conclusion. An argument is meaningful for its conclusion only when all of its premises are true. If one or more premises are ...

  9. Parliamentary style debate - Wikipedia

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    Parliamentary style debate, colloquially oftentimes just Parliamentary debate, is a formal framework for debate used in debating societies, academic debate events and competitive debate. It has its roots in parliamentary procedure and develops differently in different countries as a result.