The Principle of Rational Discussion was one thing that really interested me in the readings. I found it interesting how that there were even principles of rational discussion. There are three principles that one assumes when having a rational discussion. These three principles are:
1. Knows about the subject under discussion.
2. Is able and willing to reason well.
3. Is not lying.
Under condition number one, if a person has no idea about the subject, then there is no basis for arguing. Arguing would be useless because possibly only one person would know about the subject at hand and therefor could tell if the other person did not know anything.
Under condition number two, sometimes a person intentionally has no intent to reason well or sometimes the person is not even able to because they lack information of the subject or some other reason. This ties back with condition number one because if they person is unable to reason well then it could be due to condition number one.
Under condition number three, if a person continues to lie throughout the discussion then there is no point in reasoning with that person unless it is to catch them up in the lie.
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