Applied and Academic Debates

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Applied and Academic Debates

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With reference to Argumentation and Debate-critical thinking for
reasoned Decision Making, discuss about Applied and Academic Debates.

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Debate can be classified into two broad categories: applied and educational. Applied debate is conducted on proposals, questions, and subjects in which the debaters have a special interest, and the debate is presented before a judge or a jury (Austin & Steinberg, 2009). In an applied debate the audience has the inherent power to preside over the issue providing a binding decision on the proposition or respond to the topic in a real way. An academic debate is conducted on propositions in which the advocates have an academic interest, and the debate normally is presented before a teacher, judge or audience without direct power to render a decision on the proposition.

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