Wednesday, November 12, 2008

(My) Rules of Arguments:-

The commonest problem of Debating in our Indian culture is that it mostly goes into meaninglessness, inconclusive, un-recapitulated, and un-acted. The gem aspect of debating - that it is the very basis of scientific discoveries and inventions, - that it is the source of philosophical and artistic progress - has not been identified by us. Most debates tend to become blame-charging and un-analytical.

1. Written arguments help in speaking out the points with out being disturbed by the audiences. Audiences have the advantage to refute the arguments point by point. Both the arguer and the argued get the advantage of acting( or writing) after getting due time to think over. Patience is streamed in more mandatory manner in this.
2. The rules of convincing, evidencing the Arguments should be clearly understood by all. In other words, there are established Test of Arguments, much like there are test of metals, or test of welding.
3. Verbal arguments are required in situations, say, which demand instant decision-making, or when truth of intentions has to be established. Delayed arguments give an appearance of getting crafted to suit the needs of the occasion.
4. Arguments are the ground work for a functioning Democracy. Social and scientific development is pillared on delving arguments. Hence the norms of humanity-- say, sensitivity, tolerance, gullibility, --and also norms of democracy-- freedom of expression, sense of justice, equality of arguer and the argued, -- should apply.
5. Negative attitudes in arguments should also be well-recognized, which can themselves to subject to inner arguments for future applicability from time to time. Thus, abusive words can or cannot be allowed. Criticism anyways has to be allowed in some form or other. Abuses are sometime just an extreme kind of criticism-- more human way, less divine.
6. Absurdity should be allowed, to aid new things to emerge. ‘Test of Arguments’ can later filter away these at a later stage.


Test of Arguments:
1. Plausibility: Should sound probable to the highest degree possible to maximum number of people possible. Un provable reasons should have extreme sense of likelihood-- for occurrences. It should not be far-fetched.
2. Evidenced: As much as possible should have proof for correctness. Plausible reasons should not always be overturned by proven facts because there is always a chance of something more ,something else, something new.
3. Tenable: Should win support from as many people as possible. In case of two equally agreeable reasons, whichever makes more appeal based on its intrinsic valve, should be awarded.
4. Logical: should be interpretable by brain to as much extent as possible. Some arguments are based on abstract things, agreeable only to emotions. Logical reasons are less debatable than abstract issues. Inordinate reasons raise more doubts.


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