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To discuss the origin of argumentation and

debate in the world and Philippine contexts;

To understand the definition of debate

propositions; To clarify the nature of proof and

presumptions; and

To understand the theory of issues.

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Are Filipinos generally argumentative?

Where did we get our argumentativeness?

How do we exercise it?

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Debate originated in Ancient Greece.

Protagoras, the Inventor of Fallacies (fallo- I

deceive) and Father of debate vs. Socrates-

the greatest ethician St. Thomas Aquinas of the Middle Ages

presented his SummaTheologiae

The lingua franca of debating was Latin.

The method was dialectic (Q&A).

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Debating has reached the English-speaking

countries around 1400.

The 1st recorded intercollegiate debate was

between Cambridge and Oxford.Oxford Union debate is the oldest

international debate society in the world.

In 1892, US ushered in debate with Harvard

vs. Yale with memorized speeches and nodefinite winner.

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Balagtasan is the earliest form of debate.

Balagtasans uniqueness is found on its

impromptu nature.

It also has verses that must rhyme once said. Filipino is the language used.

The Thomasites introduced the Oxford-

Oregon format to the Filipino Forensic

Debating.

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The cause is hidden, but the result is fire.

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It is the statement in which anything

whatsoever is affirmed or denied of the

subject.

It is something expressed in a completestatement.

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Proposition of Fact- concerns with the truth

or falsity of an act of judgment. Is it true?

Proposition of Policy- concerns with the

wisdom or unwisdom, doabilty or non-doabilty, of a course of action. Is it wise?

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Parliamentary: bill, resolution, motion

Club or school organization: motion from the

floor

Court of law: form of a pleading which arefound in complaint, information, petition,

motion.

Sanguniang Bayan: ordinance, resolution,

motion

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It must express only one act of judgment.

It must be stated in the form of an

affirmation, not in the form of a negation.

It must be debatable. It must be univocal.

It must never be biased or prejudiced.

It must be stated in simple and concise

language.

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It must not contain any form of abstraction

or generalization.

It must be relevant to the times.

It must be so worded so that the burden ofproof will automatically fall on the

affirmative side.

It must be of interest to all.

It must never contain technical terms notcomprehensible by the average reasonable

person (ARP)

It must not have been over-debated.

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Trace the origin of debate from the earliest

time.

How was debate introduced in the

Philippines?What is a debate proposition?

What are kinds of debate proposition?

What are the forms of propositions?

What are the qualities of a good debate

proposition?

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Form a group of 5 to 8 students.

Develop propositions of facts and policies.