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KARL POPPER DEBATE RULES (ROLES OF THE SPEAKERS (A1 (The first member of…
KARL POPPER DEBATE RULES
OBJECTIVES
The objective of the debate program is to aid in developing the skills, capabilities and knowledge of participants in an attractive way
PARTICIPANTS AGREE
To adhere to the principles of fair play, decent behaviour and mutual respect to the best of their abilities
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FORMAT
Two teams participate in each debate. One team is given the role of the affirmative party, the other one the negative.
Debaters of a team can freely change within their team during a competition, albeit not during a debate.
Each team consists of three to five debaters, three of whom actively participate in the debate. The team at the beginning of the debate shall announce names and the order of the three active debaters.
The selection of the role (party) shall be conducted in a way announced beforehand to the coaches of both teams by the organizer of that debate.
ROLES OF THE SPEAKERS
A1
The first member of the affirmative party (A1) starts the debate. S/he has the right to define the resolution. S/he introduces the criterion if the motion is proposal or value motion. The main A1 speech lasts 6 minutes.
A2
The second speaker of the affirmative party (A2) primarily supports the arguments of A1, which have been challenged/refuted by N1. The main A2 speech lasts 6 minutes.
A3
A3 is the last speaker of the affirmative party and his/her goal is to conclude the argumentation of his/her party. A3 challenges statements of N2, who challenged affirmative arguments. The speech lasts 5 minutes.
N1
The first speaker of the negative party (N1) must accept the given definition, unless it contradicts the rules of the competition.The first negative speaker attacks some or all points of the affirmative line in the policy resolution. The main N1 speech lasts 6 minutes.
N2
The primary task of the second speaker of the negative party (N2) is to deal with the argumentation of the affirmative party mainly in a way, how it was rebutted and supported by the A2 speaker. The main N2 speech lasts 6 minutes.
N3
N3 concludes the debate from the negative point of view and the debate as such. His/her goal is to finish clashing/challenging resolution defence and reconstruct own argumentation. S/he does not bring in any new arguments or pieces of evidence.The speech lasts 5 minutes.
PREPARATION TIME
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.
RULES
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.
WHO WINS?
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.
DEFINITIONS
The purpose of the definition is to explain how the affirmative party understands the resolution and what they want to discuss.The negative party is allowed to challenge the definition only if the definition in question does not conform to the above-mentioned rules.
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REFUTATION
The task of the negative party is to refute or put into a serious doubt the affirmative case as a whole
EVALUATION
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. The strength is understood as an arguments logical correctness, relevance to the resolution, and its social and ethical dimensions.
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UNDESTANDING THE ISSUES
Closely related to the last point is that debaters should understand what the focus of the debate is and be able to distinguish between the essential and non-essential issues
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