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If you’re like many people, you might associate debate with either a high school or college club or a TV political “debate” that features two or more candidates talking over each other. But if a club or political showmanship is your only association with debating, you’re missing out on an exhilarating intellectual pursuit that can help you in all aspects of your daily life, from making business decisions to engaging friends at cocktail parties.Taught by Professor Jarrod Atchison from Wake Forest University.1. The Hidden Value of Debate2. When and How to Use Debate3. The Proposition: Choosing What to Debate4. The Structure of Argument5. Using Evidence in Debat6. Fallacies in Your Opponent’s Research7. Fallacies in Your Opponent’s Arguments8. Elements of a Good Case9. Arguing for the Affirmative10. Building Affirmative Cases11. Arguing for the Negative12. Building Negative Cases13. The Crucible of Cross-Examination14. Asking and Answering Leading Questions15. Open-Ended Questions: Setting Traps16. Essentials of a Persuasive Rebuttal17. Dealing with the Unexpected in Debate18. Even if Arguments: The Essential Weapon19. Debate Jujitsu: Flipping the Warrant20. The power of Concessions21. Conditional Argumentation22. Line-by-line refutation23. Judging Debates: The Art of the Decision24. Winning the Coctail Party