Robert Talisse on the Importance of Arguments in Politics

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  The incredulous restatement of the interlocutor's statement what kind of a phrase is that?

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  For this episode of Philosophy Bites, David Edmonds talks to Robert Talese about disagreement, argument and dissent in the political sphere.

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  The incredulous restatement of the interlocutor's statement is one of the techniques they discuss.

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  Bob tlies welcome to philosophy Bites.

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  Well, thanks, Dave.

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  Thanks for having me.

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  The topic we're going to talk about today, or I should say the topic we're going to argue about today is the importance of argument in politics.

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  Why in politics in particular?

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  Well, argument is something that I think we are inclined to do.

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  Generally.

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  We disagree, we try to figure things out, we try to evaluate each other's views.

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  But when we're talking about politics, particularly democratic politics, argument takes on a whole new significance.

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  Democracy is a lot of different things.

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  It's voting, it's campaigning, it's shaking hands and kissing babies.

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