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debate and rhetoric
Euler had limited training in rhetoric, and tended to debate matters that he knew little about, making him a frequent target of Voltaire's wit.
In the rhetoric field, there is an intellectual debate about Aristotle's definition of rhetoric.
Between 1892, when Harvard and Yale met in the first intercollegiate debate, and 1909, the year of the first Triangular Debate of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, the rhetoric, symbolism, and metaphors used in athletics were used to frame these early debates.
Despite the profound differences regarding their ethical and world visions, Albizu's fiery and charismatic rhetoric captured Balaguer's imagination and his recollection of this occasion was a harbinger of his passion for politics and intellectual debate.
Throughout the project's lifetime it was subject to continual debate and much political rhetoric.
Ma has generally avoided being accused of using the vitriolic and sometimes offensive rhetoric common in Taiwanese political debate.
Women studying rhetoric were required to do so by listening to the men debate.
A master of filibuster and scathing rhetoric, a rough-and-tumble fighter in debate, he made his name a synonym for white supremacy.
National circuit debate is generally characterized by its extremely fast manner of speaking ( 300 wpm is not considered an uncommon speed to read a case at ), use of jargon, and emphasis on strength / depth of argumentation rather than rhetoric.
Seminar topics include community service, philosophy, social justice, poetry, extracurricular literary studies, and debate & rhetoric, among others.
* Various other schools of persuasion directly suggest using language in certain ways to change the minds of others, including oratory, advertising, debate, sales, and rhetoric.
Originally started as an AM station, radio at Bates began with the efforts of rhetoric professor and debate coach Brooks Quimby.
Socrates and Polus debate whether rhetoric can be considered an art.
Historians debate whether Richard Nixon belongs to this group as his rhetoric was conservative, but his policies were liberal in many areas.
Conversely, rhetoric is a tool for practical debate ; it is a means for persuading a general audience using probable knowledge to resolve practical issues.
Robert was also known as a logician, and John of Salisbury named him one of the leading disputatores, or a person who used rhetoric and logic to debate in public.
" Karsh accused Sayigh of a " misleading misrepresentation of my scholarly background " and retorted that Sayigh's remarks were " not a scholarly debate on facts and theses but a character assassination couched in high pseudo-academic rhetoric ".
Thus, NMPs would be able to concentrate on the " substance of the debate rather than form and rhetoric ", and provide dissenting and constructive views that would contribute to good government.
Both sides in this debate use rhetoric that claims the mantle of " justice ".
A number of religious groups have been at the forefront of calls for restraint in the rhetoric on both sides of the debate.

debate and slippery
This fallacy is similar to the slippery slope, where the opposition claims that if a restricted action under debate is allowed, such as allowing people with glaucoma to use medical marijuana, then the action will by stages become acceptable in general, such as eventually everyone being allowed to use marijuana.

debate and also
As a possible course of action, it also is the center of debate and is raising many questions.
The Hattians spoke a Northwest Caucasian Language, and there is debate as to whether the Hurrian language was also of this group, or a Language Isolate.
Violence in this context means any unlawful touching, though there is some debate over whether the touching must also be hostile.
Ayahuasca has also stirred debate regarding intellectual property protection of traditional knowledge.
People acquired power through persuasion, exerted both publicly and privately, public debate, force of will ( often via aggressive flames ), garnering authority and respect by spending much time and effort contributing to the community ( by being a maintainer of a FAQ, for example ; see also Kibo, etc.
They also requested that Claudius be allowed to debate in the Senate.
In the decrees on marriage ( twenty-fourth session ) the excellence of the celibate state was reaffirmed ( see also clerical celibacy ), concubinage condemned and the validity of marriage made dependent upon the wedding taking place before a priest and two witnesses, although the lack of a requirement for parental consent ended a debate that had proceeded from the 12th century.
After a further decade of debate, in 1983, JTS voted to admit women for ordination as Conservative rabbis, also without adopting an explanatory responsum.
Both the Jewish Bible and the New Testament also contain passages some have interpreted as describing same-sex relationships, for example David and Jonathan or the centurion and his servant ; these are likewise the subject of scholarly debate, with most arguing that the relationships depicted are platonic.
Similar effects on reasoning are also seen in non-scientific controversies, for example in the gun control debate in the United States.
Flockhart also appeared on the June 29, 1998, cover of Time magazine, placed as the newest iteration in the evolution of feminism, relating to the ongoing debate about the role depicted by her character.
Willard ’ s biography also provides a comprehensive overview of the “ Querelle du Roman de la Rose .” Kevin Brownlee also discusses this debate in detail in his article Widowhood, Sexuality and Gender in Christine de Pisan ( in The Romanic Review, 1995 )
The basis for later theoretical computer science, in Alonzo Church and Alan Turing also grew directly out of this ' debate '.
These days they are also visible in parts of the former West Berlin following a civic debate about whether the " Ampelmännchen " should be abolished or disseminated more widely.
Of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete ( there has been debate about his authorship of Rhesus, largely on stylistic grounds ) and there are also fragments, some substantial, of most of the other plays.
Among his many arguments Hume also added another important slant to the debate about scientific method — that of the problem of induction.
There is also a scientific debate on the very existence of this " new " ENSO.
Ongoing discussion of current celebrities and television personalities within popular culture also frequently sparks debate.
However, abiotic mechanisms for stromatolitic growth are also known, leading to a decades-long and sometimes-contentious scientific debate regarding biogenesis of certain formations, especially those from the lower to middle Archean eon.
Precisely which species of felid are able to purr is a matter of debate, but the sound has been recorded in most of the smaller species, as well as the cheetah and cougar, and may also be found in the big cats.
There is debate about whether the rise in IQ scores also corresponds to a rise in intelligence, or a rise in skills related to taking IQ tests.
It is a matter of considerable scholarly debate whether the biblical " Hittites " signified any or all of: 1 ) the original Hattians ; 2 ) their Indo-European conquerors ( Nesili ), who retained the name " Hatti " for Central Anatolia, and are today referred to as the " Hittites " ( the subject of this article ); or 3 ) a Canaanite group who may or may not have been related to either or both of the Anatolian groups, and who also may or may not be identical with the later Neo-Hittite ( Luwian ) polities.
There was also a merger of the Gaelic and Pictish crowns, although historians debate whether it was a Pictish takeover of Dál Riata, or the other way around.
Adams also called into question the actions of a House that would limit its own ability to debate and resolve questions internally.

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