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KARL POPPER DEBATE RULES (DEBATE FORMAT (Two teams participate in each…
KARL POPPER DEBATE RULES
Who Wins the Debate
The debate is won by the affirmative party if, on the basis of its argumentation, it upheld the resolution debated. The debate is won by the negative team if, on the basis of its argumentation, it disproved the affirmative case or put it into serious doubt. When the debate is evaluated, the “strength” of the arguments is taken into consideration
OBJECTIVE
to aid in developing the skills, capabilities and knowledge of participants in an attractive way.
Burden of proof
Where the resolution is expressed as a factual one, the affirmative party must prove that resolution holds true in a decisive/persuasive number of cases, which has been specified by the definition (criterion) and accepted by the negative party.
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Structure and Timing
good speech has a clear introduction, body and conclusion. Along the way there should be signposts to help us see where the speaker is heading. The sequence of arguments should be logical and flow naturally from point to point, which applies to the speech of each individual debater and the three speeches of the team together.
timing: speaking within the allowed time limit. giving an appropriate amount of time to the individual issues in the speech
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Impromptu debate
The impromptu motions shall be announced 60 minutes prior to the debate. The teams are not allowed to communicate with their trainers, coaches, adjudicators, etc. during the preparation in the impromptu round, only the members of the team, which are assigned to the team in the tournament can take part in the preparation. Names and order of the three active debaters of each team shall be announced after the preparation finishes.
Refutation
The task of the negative party is to refute or put into a serious doubt the affirmative case as a whole. If the affirmative party has used a number of pieces of evidence to support one argument, and the negative party is able to refute that main point with one counterargument, the negative team can this way refute the whole group of pieces of evidence together.
Strategy
a) the structure and timing of the speech
b) the speaker’s understanding of the issues of the debate.
Three-a-side Debating
Team debating is characterized by a division of roles among all three members of the team (introducing argumentation line, challenging opponent’s line/reconstruct own line, synthesizing conclusion). he adjudicator will evaluate how well the team members fulfilled their roles.
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Negative case
The negative party does not have to present its own case in the debate. It should concentrate on attacking the affirmative party’s case.
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Preparation time, communication during a debate
During the course of the debate, the affirmative team has the right to take 5 minutes and the negative team 7 minutes for preparation between individual presentations The way of taking the preparation time shall be agreed before the start of the debate with the timekeeper.
DEBATE FORMAT
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The selection of the role shall be announced beforehand to the coaches of both teams by the organizer of that debate.
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Debaters of a team can freely change within their team during a competition, not during a debate.
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PRINCIPLES
Fair play, decent behaviour and mutual respect to the best of their abilities.
Definitions
The purpose of the definition is to explain how the affirmative party understands the resolution and what they want to discuss.
a) the definition does not depart from the common meaning of the resolution;
b) the meaning of the words is not twisted purposefully; c) the definition is ”reasonable”.
Criterion
The purpose of the criterion in the debate is to delimitate and shelter the argumentation line in the debate. It is an obligation of the affirmative or negative party to state the criterion of their constructive line when debating a proposal or value motion.
Cross-questioning
The purpose of cross-questioning is:
a) to help reveal and point out the weaknesses in the argumentation of the previous speaker (opposing speaker); b) to clarify unclear points from the previous speaker’s speech;
c) to prepare room for argumentation of one’s team.
Content
Content means the arguments that are used, and it is separate from style. Thus, the “strength” of the arguments should be measured without reference to the quality of the oratory and presentation.
Style
language use. manner of speaking. fluency and persuasiveness. the dress code belongs in debate also to the art of speaking. The usage of colloquial (or even worse) English should be discouraged by lower marks in style. Debaters shall address each other politely and dress formally.
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