Session 1: the basics

The first session of the MDA Lecture Series introduces some of the most elementary aspects of debating and argumentative theory.

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Overview

• What is debating?

• What is a topic?

• What is an argument?

• Structure of 3 v 3 debating

• Role of speakers and the adjudicator

• Scoring

• Basic structural elements: team splits, modelling, defining, the status quo (characterisation)