There’s been several posts that classify argumentation from different angles, each with a somewhat different lens. Each lens seems useful in somewhat different contexts, and I’m still mulling over how to fit it all together into a comprehensive schema.
But I got a few concrete things from this post, including:
The distinction between disagreement vs social shaming. I think I’d seen this before but this article made the distinction more crisp.
the related, important point that by default, public debate often has a strong social component which is different from “honest disagreement.” (Which doesn’t necessarily point to any particular strategy for improving intellectual discourse, but which seems at least like an important model to have in whatever strategy you’re pursuing)
The reminder that the meta-debate is not the debate, while often being easier/more-fun, and that you should at least be noticing when you’re doing one or the other
A variety of examples of types of disagreements, which were individually useful to help notice what what’s going on in a given conversation.
There’s been several posts that classify argumentation from different angles, each with a somewhat different lens. Each lens seems useful in somewhat different contexts, and I’m still mulling over how to fit it all together into a comprehensive schema.
But I got a few concrete things from this post, including:
The distinction between disagreement vs social shaming. I think I’d seen this before but this article made the distinction more crisp.
the related, important point that by default, public debate often has a strong social component which is different from “honest disagreement.” (Which doesn’t necessarily point to any particular strategy for improving intellectual discourse, but which seems at least like an important model to have in whatever strategy you’re pursuing)
The reminder that the meta-debate is not the debate, while often being easier/more-fun, and that you should at least be noticing when you’re doing one or the other
A variety of examples of types of disagreements, which were individually useful to help notice what what’s going on in a given conversation.