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I have a degree. The point I am making is not that people are unwilling to concede, I don't see much change in that, but that debate itself rarely happens. It
by throwaway22032 2y ago
I have a degree.
The point I am making is not that people are unwilling to concede, I don't see much change in that, but that debate itself rarely happens.
It's far more common in my experience for someone to attempt to shut down debate with a label like racist or woke, or draw a connection to a political philosophy in an attempt to discredit, rather than actually try to give valid reasons for why I should adopt their position.
Back in University I found that to be far less common. Looking from the outside in it seems as if nowadays campuses have become much more reactionary.
- hackit2 2y agoI think your understanding of what the objective of an Academic debate is wrong. What you're referring too isn't a debate it is the Socratic method. The purpose of the Socratic method is to reach a (mutual) understanding and intellectual discovery. The purpose a debate is to persuade and win the argument. They differ significantly in their objectives, methodologies, and atmospheres.