"reasoned discourse" means having a thoughtful and logical conversation where people share their ideas and opinions in a respectful manner and use reasoning to support their arguments.
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The Stanford University climate scientist was a passionate advocate for sober and
reasoned discourse on the globe's changing climate, and he often spoke out against dishonesty in the public sphere — whether by opinion - makers, politicians, fossil fuel interests, or news personalities.
Collaborative reasoning aims to «encourage students to
use reasoned discourse as a means for choosing among alternative perspectives on an issue» while drawing on personal experiences, background knowledge, and text for interpretive support (Murphy et al., 2009).
But Trump and his followers are the symptom of a much deeper problem: a diseased culture facing the death
of reasoned discourse and civil disagreement.
And besides, it shuts down any sort of
reasoned discourse, replacing it with a dogfight.
«Far too much discourse on contentious issues has consisted of rhetorical moves designed to wipe one's opponent's pieces off the board before the game has begun...
Reasoned discourse is part of God's alternative way of living, over against that of violence and chaos.»
That dream continues to reverberate and be generative among us because its cadences are not those of
reasoned discourse but of an elusive piety, perhaps the favorite dialect of the biblical God.
There has been a death of
reasoned discourse and civil disagreement in North American society.
the ordered discipline rooted in reliable knowledge of that which is ultimately and universally real (God), although different from both material reality and human invention, and accessible to
reasoned discourse (logos).
Despite the gap between those who want to outlaw abortion and the opinion of the majority, the abortion debate will neither go away nor, concludes Luker, become noted for «civility, calm, or
reasoned discourse.»
And, will good facts,
reasoned discourse, and good reasoning, even if they are featured and repeated, be sufficient to carry the day (by themselves) and lead to solutions that truly serve the public good?
I assume we all agree that good facts,
reasoned discourse, good reasoning, and responsible and timely action are all good things.
I think your idea that the «climate» of the Lorenz system * may * be (in my opinion peculiarly) defined such that it is changing is not exemplary of
reasoned discourse.
«Trying to bring back the ideas of gentlemen,
reasoned discourse and a pup named Scooby Doo, one day at a time.»