File Research Begins

This morning half of the students attended a research seminar in order to reinforce the importance of research and cutting quality evidence. During that time, the rest of the group met in the library to begin working on the file they are preparing on a recurring topic in LD. Some of the topics include: Capitalism/Marxism, Theories of Justice and Democracy, Social Contract, Logical Fallacies, Moral Agency, Relativism, Nietzsche and Foucault, International Relations, and Deontology and Consequentialism. After half of the group finished the research seminar, they joined the rest of the group in the library to work on their file under the guidance of one of the instructors. After lunch, the students attended a lecture on positional take-outs and then practiced making positional take-outs in small groups. Also, before dinner, the students debated another practice round. After dinner, Neil led a video analysis of the semifinal round from the 2005 TOC where a discussion followed each speech delving into the strategy of their argumentation.