Arguments In Debate Research Articles

Empirical Study on Attitude towards Making Decision to Select Mathematics for First-Degree Program

Recently debatable arguments have existed regarding the perceived lack of numerical skills among the graduates from the Humanities and Social Sciences. In response to this concern, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculties of Art in national universities in Sri Lanka have taken measures to more opportunities to undergraduates to bolster their numerical proficiency. This is achieved through the incorporation of mathematics course units for their degree programs along with the main subject streams. The study focuses on factors that affect the undergraduates’ attitudes towards making the decision to select the subject mathematics for their first-degree program. A sample survey was carried out using structured questionnaire and stratified random sampling technique was utilized to select a sample size of 352 from the undergraduates belongs to Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in University of Sri Jayewardenepura. The binary logistic regression model is utilized, and the study revealed that self efficacy, mathematical anxiety, and interest in mathematics are significantly affected students’ attitudes on counting mathematics course units for their degree program. The student who has self-efficacy is 1.03 times more likely to select mathematics course unit at the first academic year than other students. A unit increase of mathematics anxiety with all other factors remaining constant, the odds of a student selecting the mathematics course decreased by 11.2%. When one-unit increases in the interest in mathematics of students the odds of selecting mathematics course unit is 1.06 times more likely to than other peers. These insights suggest that educational institutes, particularly those in the humanities and social sciences, should prioritize enhancing students ‘numerical skills. This can be achieved by providing valuable consideration aimed at refining their curriculum and support mechanism, increasing awareness programmes about the importance of studying mathematics course units within their degree programmes and conducting programmes to reduce mathematics anxiety while fostering an increased interest in mathematics.

Creation by Means of Loss and the Paradox of Expenditure—A Contribution of Theology to the Vulnerability Dispositive

This article argues that the COVID-19 pandemic has created a new dispositive of power, the vulnerability dispositive, and it clears up what a power dispositive is. It then explains what theology can contribute to this new dispositive. The paradox of expenditure (creation by means of loss) plays a special role here. Human vulnerability is an unprecedented power in personal and political life, social and cultural life, and not least in religion. It is therefore not surprising that it has become a key concept in international, interdisciplinary research in recent decades. At least since the 1980s, it has resulted in an enormous number of scientific publications in almost all scientific disciplines. For Christian theology, this has particular significance because of the doctrine of the Incarnation: when God becomes human in Jesus Christ, God risks being wounded. Christianity ascribes salvific significance to this path into vulnerability. But what significance does this have for interdisciplinary discourse beyond theology? What can theology contribute to interdisciplinary vulnerability research? The starting point for the following considerations is a specific point in vulnerability discourse: the new dispositive of vulnerability that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. It made vulnerability an important argument in social, political, and religious debates. The vulnerability paradox is particularly important in this context. This paradox holds that strategies designed to protect against certain dangers paradoxically intensify the damage if that damage nevertheless occurs. Theology can supplement this paradox, which is highly destructive, with a paradox that in turn promotes and strengthens life: the expenditure paradox that says that creation can occur by means of loss.

Juridical Review Of Mediation Legal Products Outside Court In Connection With Supreme Court Regulation Number 1 Of 2016 Regarding Mediation Procedure In Court

<em>The social dynamics that stand up in recent times maintain to amplify so all of sudden that it has caused the formation of intense opposition schemes in all factors of life that involve stakes and social forces. Conflicts, disputes, and argumentative debates are one of the efforts made through humans to defend their stance and popularity inside the approach of conducting an hobby. Disputes stand up due to the truth there are several interests that conflict with every one of a kind. Basically, dispute resolution can be finished in methods, what's generally used is dispute resolution via the courts, then with the development of human civilization, dispute resolution outside the court has moreover advanced. The hassle is how the implementation of mediation outdoor the court is connected to Supreme Court Regulation Number 1 of 2016 concerning Mediation Procedures in Court and the way binding prison pressure is to the legal products because of mediation outdoor the court docket docket. The technique approach used is normative juridical approach. The result of the studies is article 36 wherein the parties without or with the help of a certified Mediator who efficiently treatment disputes outdoor the Court with a Settlement Agreement can put up a Settlement Agreement to the prepared Court to achieve a Settlement Deed by means of submitting a lawsuit and attached with a Settlement Agreement and files as evidence that suggests the legal relationship of the Parties with the object of the dispute and the peace agreement due to the mediation technique out of doors the court docket docket is best an regular settlement but in fact it's miles all sufficient and is finality.</em>

THE MEANINGFULNESS OF DEMOCRATIC VALUES IN THE ARGUMENTS OF THE FIRST INDONESIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DEBATE IN 2024

The realization of democratic values is a serious effort to alleviate some of the problems that occur in Indonesia. This matter was discussed in depth by three candidates for President of Indonesia in 2024; Anies Rasyid Baswedan, Prabowo Subianto, and Ganjar Pranowo at the inaugural debate event which took place on December 12 2023. In this regard, this research seeks to analyze the meaningfulness of democratic values contained in the debate arguments for the 2024 Presidential Candidates of the Republic of Indonesia as well as the driving factors. This research uses a content analysis method with a qualitative approach, focusing on democratic values in the first debate session of the 2024 Indonesian Presidential candidates. Data was collected through transcription of debate videos and other sources such as books and journal articles; national and international. Analysis was carried out using a thematic approach so that the validity of the data was obtained through diligent observation. The research results show that Anies Rasyid Baswedan's argument tends to include the value of equality before the law with six (6) findings, Prabowo Subianto's argument focuses more on respect for human rights with four (4) findings, and the same goes for Ganjar Pranowo who focuses its arguments towards respecting human rights with five (5) findings.Crucial issues such as unequal access to justice, human rights violations and corruption are the driving factors for the 2024 Indonesian Presidential candidates to raise debate arguments that contain democratic values.

Syaikh Ahmad Khatib Minangkabau dan Kontekstualisasi Syair Arab dalam Isbāt Al-Zain li Sulh Al-Jamā’atain

This article focuses on the authority of Shaikh Ahmad bin Abdul Lat}i>f al-Khati>b al-Jawi> al-Minkabawi> or Shaikh Ahmad Khatib Minangkabau (1860-1916) - abbreviated as Shaikh Ahmad Khatib - in the field of Arabic poetry in his work, Is}ba>t al-Zain li S}ulh al-Jama'atain bi Jawa>z Ta'addud al-Jumu'atain between pages 21-71. This work, although it discusses fiqh and his debate with Sayyid Usman Betawi over Friday prayers in Palembang at the end of the 19th century, contains many verses used in the context of making his argument. In fact, so far, he is only known as a figure in the fields of fiqh, tawhid, and tasawwuf. In this article, the side that has never been studied is from the side of his authority in Arabic poetry and then contextualizing the poetry in an argumentative debate with Sayyid Usman. Through a historical approach and Arabic literature, the results show that Syaikh Ahmad Khatib is an authoritative scholar in this field. This is because he is able to use it in the context of argumentation. However, his authority in this field is in the stage of quoting Arabic poetry from the compiler; not yet in the stage of creating. This article recommends that further research be conducted on Shaykh Ahmad Khatib's authority in this field in terms of his ability to create poetry in accordance with the rules and knowledge of Arabic literature.

Antecedent Ideological Profiles and Negative Socio-political Outcomes of LGBTQ+ Conspiracy Beliefs

IntroductionConspiracy theories and beliefs (CTBs) about LGBTQ+ people are often used as arguments in political debate in Italy and across Europe to hinder the passing of protective laws and negatively affect popular consensus regarding the promotion of anti-discrimination policies and the advancement of civil rights.MethodWe conducted two correlational studies in Italy starting the data collection at the end of 2022. In Study 1 (N = 589), we investigated which ideological profile was more associated with LGBTQ+ CTBs, between the two profiles identified by Duckitt et al.’s model (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83(1), 75–93, 2002): path A) high vision of the world as a competitive jungle and consequent high social dominance orientation; path B) high vision of the world as dangerous and consequent high right-wing authoritarianism. In Study 2 (N = 1581), we have also included three potential outcomes associated with LGBTQ+ CTBs in the model.ResultsThrough a mediational path model, we found that path B was the strongest associated with LGBTQ+ CTBs. We found that LGBTQ+ CTBs mediated the relationships between the two ideological dispositions and (a) lower support to LGBTQ+ civil rights; (b) lower LGBTQ+ collective action intentions; and (c) higher adherence to economic myths about LGBTQ+ people.ConclusionsSocio-psychological research on LGBTQ+ CTBs may inform social policies that work to lessen the harm these beliefs do and advance a more welcoming and inclusive society.Policy ImplicationsSuch results offer several insights to change and improve the actual debate in political, scientific, and cultural domains, contributing to producing new policies which might increase the self-determination of all LGBTQ+ people.

퇴계 감정이해방식과 적용에 관한 연구 - 퇴계 리발기수 개념의 창조적 변용과 확장 -

Toegye is a thorough theorist on the basis of Neo-Confucianism, but he can be seen as a representative thinker who brought the philosophical characteristics mainly appearing in the history of Chinese philosophy, the cosmological characteristics centered on the concept of selfishness, to the theory of human nature and emotions, the realm of human nature and emotion. Toegye deepened this further, and made an unprecedented argument in the history of intellectuals, namely, Gobong and the four main emotions, regarding the understanding of the emotions called the four main emotions expressed in the pure nature and the emotions called the seven emotions expressed in the nature that was enshrined in the spirit and revealed through learning ten diagrams to become a saint ｢聖學十圖｣ and the Four Seven Debate that emotions must also be rational in the theory of nature, which is the core of Neo-Confucianism.
 In this paper, along with a conceptual analysis of Toegye's way of understanding emotions, we try to make creative transformation and expansion by applying it to the main concepts shown in the a Variorum of the Four Books(四書集註), which can be said to be the representative scriptures of Confucianism. There are often questionable passages among the contents that are generally introduced while reading librarians, but there are times when I wonder if it is not possible to present different judgments and thoughts due to the professional authority and weight. In fact, to mention it by leaps and bounds, violence against knowledge power is also implied in its source.
 However, Toegye's method of understanding emotions is of great significance in that it analyzes and corrects the method of understanding our daily thinking structure, rather than simply dealing with it as a subject of the Four-Seven Debate argument. Therefore, in this paper, by examining some of the major concepts of the librarian with Toegye's way of understanding emotions, that is, with Toegye's logical structure of thought, we can transform our thinking structure in dealing with things and situations into a thinking structure toward the truth, a true philosophy (Philo + Sophia) to try to convert to thinking.

Taṭwīr Masyrū' al-Mudawwanah As-Sam'iyyah al-Baṣariyyah li Kafā`ati at-Tafkīr an-Nāqid wamā warā`a al-Ma'rifī li Firaqi al-Munaẓarah al-‘Arabiyyah fī Indonesia

This research aims to develop an Arabic audio-visual debate corpus based on the Qatar debate guidelines. This development is intended to assist students in enhancing critical thinking and metacognitive skills through Arabic debate learning. The research utilizes the Lee & Owens development approach and is implemented using experimental and control groups. The choice of this approach is because it focuses solely on multimedia learning development. The development procedure consists of five stages: analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. The subjects in this study consist of 32 students participating in the Arabic debate club. The research results show that the average N-gain score of the experimental group after using the researcher-provided learning corpus increased significantly compared to the control group. Respondents were interested in the provided learning corpus, enabling them to think critically and quickly. The use of the learning corpus in the teaching and learning process is beneficial for students to enhance learning focus and accelerate critical thinking in expressing arguments in Arabic debates. The learning corpus can be implemented in various educational fields. Visual learning is remembered and exemplified more quickly by learners. Learning using the corpus can enhance critical thinking and determine students' metacognitive abilities to solve a problem.

Outcomes of mini-invasive transoral surgery without neck dissection in supraglottic laryngeal cancer: Real world data from a tertiary cancer center

PurposeThe neck management in early-stage cN0 supraglottic cancer represents an argument of debate. The aim of our study is to evaluate the oncological and functional outcomes in patients with early-stage cN0 supraglottic carcinoma treated with a wait-and-see policy for the neck. Materials and methodsRetrospective monocentric cohort study in a referral cancer care center. We collected a consecutive sample of patients from 2000 to 2020 with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the supraglottis without clinical evidence of nodal metastases (cN0), surgically treated with Transoral Surgery (Laser or Robotic) without neck dissection. From 316 supraglottic cancer we finally selected 66 eligible participants that met all inclusion criteria. ResultsSixty-six patients (M 75.8 % vs F 24.2 %), median age 65.8 years (IQR 60.9, 70.5). The most common subsite was the epiglottis (62.1 %). Tumor stage distribution was as follows: 35 % cT1, 53 % cT2, 15.2 % cT3. Neither deaths nor major treatment-related complications were reported after surgery. The median follow-up was 62 months. For oncological outcomes, we evaluated 56 patients (10 excluded for adjuvant radiotherapy): 5-year overall survival rate 87 % (CI 95 %: 73.1–94), disease- specific survival rate 95.3 % (CI 95 %: 82–98.8) and neck recurrence-free survival rate 87 % (CI 95 %: 73.1–94). Six patients developed neck recurrence, with a median time of 13 months. ConclusionsSupraglottic carcinoma has been historically associated to a considerable risk of occult metastasis. However, in early-stage cases data are still inconclusive. Our results suggest that in such patients a wait-and-see policy does not impact negatively on survival outcomes, while granting the reduced morbidity associated to a minimally invasive surgical approach.

Unintended Intrauterine Death and Preterm Delivery: What Does Philosophy Have to Offer?

AbstractThis special issue of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy focuses on unintended intrauterine death (UID) and preterm delivery (both phenomena that are commonly—and unhelpfully—referred to as “miscarriage,” “spontaneous abortion,” and “early pregnancy loss”). In this essay, I do two things. First, I outline contributors’ arguments. Most contributors directly respond to “inconsistency arguments,” which purport to show that abortion opponents are unjustified in their comparative treatment of abortion and UID. Contributors to this issue show that such arguments often rely on a grossly oversimplified picture of abortion opponents’ views. Furthermore, contributions in this issue weigh in on issues regarding UID with theoretical import and therapeutic implication beyond the inconsistency argument debate. These papers can be mined for principles that better inform us about anembryonic pregnancies (i.e., nonviable pregnancies in which a gestational sac exists but no embryonic pole can be seen via transvaginal ultrasound), UID-prevention research, the law concerning UID (especially post-Dobbs), policies for handling embryonic remains, and moral psychology as it relates to UID, emotion, and empathy. In each case, conceptual philosophical analysis might bring about therapeutic benefits for those affected by UID. Philosophers, therefore, are in position not only to provide clarity—careful analysis and discussion of UID and related phenomena—but are also in position to genuinely help people affected by UID.

Energy Policy as a Socio-Scientific Issue: Argumentation in the Context of Economic, Environmental and Citizenship Education

One goal of environmental civic education is preparing students, both as citizens and as professionals, to use effective arguments in public debates. Such debates include dominantly economic claims, which are multifaceted and rarely taught in schools. A learning unit that applied the pedagogical principles of socio-scientific issues was developed for ‘Israel’s Natural Gas Export Policy’, a real sustainability dilemma. The study aimed to understand how pre- and in-service science teachers craft their arguments, by comparing their written reasoned opinions on the gas export debate, before and after the learning unit. Content analysis was conducted using Grounded Theory on the two groups’ texts in a multiple case study design. Five reasoning rationales were found: ‘Profits and Risks’, ‘Ethics or Ideology’, ‘Pragmatic Objectives’, ‘Evidence Base’ and ‘Stakeholder Motivations’. Each rationale yielded different reasoning strategies, including ‘Costs/Benefits’, ‘the Trade-Off Dilemma’ or ‘Compromise’, ‘Compensatory Benefits’ and ‘Non-Compensatory Costs/Risks’. The findings show that both groups used more argument types in the post-task. The development of ‘Profits and Risks’ strategies, between the pre- and post-texts, shows how the teachers’ arguments became more complex and decisive. These results exemplify how the SSI-focused learning unit enables learners to enhance their critical citizenship thinking, one of the cornerstones of democracy.

Pediatric biobanks to enhance clinical and translational research for children.

Including children in biomedical research is an argument for continual reflection and practice refinement from an ethical and legal standpoint. Indeed, as children reach adulthood, a reconsent method should be used, and data connected with samples should ideally be updated based on the children's growth and long-term results. Furthermore, because most pediatric disorders are uncommon, children's research initiatives should conform to standard operating procedures (SOPs) set by worldwide scientific organizations for successfully sharing data and samples. Here, we examine how pediatric biobanks can help address some challenges to improve biomedical research for children. Indeed, modern biobanks are evolving as complex research platforms with specialized employees, dedicated spaces, information technologies services (ITS), and ethical and legal expertise. In the case of research for children, biobanks can collaborate with scientific networks (i.e., BBMRI-ERIC) and provide the collection, storage, and distribution of biosamples in agreement with international standard procedures (ISO-20387). Close collaboration among biobanks provides shared avenues for maximizing scarce biological samples, which is required to promote the translation of scientific breakthroughs for developing clinical care and health policies tailored to the pediatric population. Moreover, biobanks, through their science communication and dissemination activities (i.e., European Biobank Week), may be helpful for children to understand what it means to be engaged in a research study, allowing them to see it as a pleasant, useful, and empowering experience. Additionally, biobanks can notify each participant about which projects have been accomplished (i.e., through their websites, social media networks, etc.); they can facilitate future reconsent procedures and update sample-associated data based on the children's growth. Finally, because of the increasing interest from public and commercial organizations in research efforts that include the sharing and reuse of health data, pediatric biobanks have a crucial role in this context. Consequently, they could benefit from funding opportunities for sustaining research activities even regarding rare pediatric disorders. Conclusion: Pediatric biobanks are helpful for providing biological material for research purposes, addressing ethical and legal issues (i.e. data protection, consent, etc.), and providing control samples from healthy children of various ages and from different geographical regions and ethnicities. Therefore, it is vital to encourage and maintain children's engagement in medical research programs and biobanking activities, especially as children become adults, and reconsent procedures must be applied. What is Known: • Biobanks are critical research infrastructures for medical research, especially in the era of "omic" science. However, in light of their fragility and rights children's participation in biobanking and medical research programs is a complex argument of continuous debate in scientific literature. What is New: • We propose a review of the literature on pediatric biobanks with a particular focus on oncological biobanks. The main current limitations and challenges for pediatric biobanks are presented and possible solutions are discussed.

LEKSIČKA SREDSTVA ZA ISKAZIVANjE NESLAGANjA SA SAGOVORNIKOM U DRUŠTVENIM MEDIJIMA

The aim of this paper was to analyze the arguments in debates on the top- ic of popular science in Serbian language. More precisely, we intended to focus on popular science approach to linguistic topics by investigating comments on social media platforms and discussions on a very popular website. The corpus encompasses numerous messages posted on Instagram (account: Dnevna doza pravopisa [A daily dose of orthography]) and Facebook (group: Jezičke nedoumice [Linguistic dilemmas]), as well as discussions on the website Krstarica (forum: Jezik [Language]). A lexical analysis of a specific type of com- ments was performed; namely, those expressing a broad spectrum of negative attitudes, from disagreement to abuse. Both competent and incompetent participants take part in the discussions on Serbian language, with the aim of promoting linguistic knowledge and its application, as well as of expressing dilemmas and personal opinions about linguistic issues. With regard to lexical devices, the most frequent are English loanwords, obscenities and jargonisms, as well as insulting words, mostly in the form of a lexical metaphor.

Catechism and Miracles as Arguments in Religious Debate: Hanns Wagner’s Play of St Ursus

Catechism and Miracles as Arguments in Religious Debate: Hanns Wagner’s <i>Play of St Ursus</i>

Tecnología electrónica en los procesos de comunicación periodística

This review plans to present an important study on the formation of the communication process derived from technology that provides an important tool in updating knowledge to a new era or technology for journalists with a rebound from the traditional towards electronic digitization. The link to the communication process will converge between them. It is of such importance, for the derivation of this investigative topic, to reach the point of analogical objectivity like electronics, to besiege in instance the power of tension that a connection system towards postmodern virtuality and the prolonged technology of the networks. In this written theoretical fragment, a development produced by conceptualizations such as effects, links, processes, that electronic technology affects, will be expanded, indicating precisely what various authors refer to, and likewise refuting with their own arguments in debate the analog and postmodern journalist that are part of the paradigms provided by the applied sciences of digitization. Compacting in the study, the motivation and transformation of the professional journalist when communicating adequately to a determined audience in digital and traditional media, thus configuring positive and negative effects that influence the communication expert to intervene and persuade the intended objective.

Prywatne więziennictwo rozwiązaniem dla przeludnionych więzień? Rozważania na przykładzie amerykańskiego systemu penitencjarnego

The main goal of this article is to present the arguments in debate over private prisons. This discussion consist of three levels: scientific, professional and publicist. Private prison system is developing since many years in United States, that is why I would like to report the advantages and disadvantages of this solution based on American example.

Representing the Structure of a Debate

In this article I aim to use the 1948 Russell-Copleston debate to highlight some recent problems I have experienced teaching argument analysis in my philosophy courses. First, I will use argument diagramming to represent the arguments in the debate while reflecting on the use of this approach use to teach argument analysis skills. Then, I will discuss the tools and methods scholars have proposed to represent debates, rather than just individual arguments. Finally, I will argue that there is not, but needs to be, a good way to represent argumentative debates in a way that neither obscures the essential details of the exchange nor becomes too unwieldy to extract a sense of the overall debate.

Mothers as stancetakers: Intertextuality in same-sex marriage debates in Taiwan

This paper explores the Taiwanese same-sex marriage debates from a particular analytical perspective: (1) how the identity as a mother is employed as stancetaking moves in both the supporting and opposing discourses, and (2) how stances are taken through intertextual links among the same-sex marriage-related discourses and the larger discourses concerning motherhood. It examines the online posts of two mother bloggers, focusing on how evaluative stances and parodic frames are achieved and how intertextual links help both bloggers to align or misalign themselves with particular value positions. The analysis reveals how the mother identity, traditionally situated in the private sphere, can be mobilized to advance arguments in political debates. It also exemplifies the ideological contestation about motherhood and family in Taiwan, where traditional Chinese cultural ideologies and Western influences co-exist.

Awful Archives: Conspiracy Theory, Rhetoric, and Acts of Evidence

Awful Archives: Conspiracy Theory, Rhetoric, and Acts of Evidence

Digital vaccine passports and digital health diplomacy: an online model WHO simulation.

In the wake of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), several nations have sought to implement digital vaccine passports (DVPs) to enable the resumption of international travel. Comprising a minimum dataset for each unique individual, DVPs have the makings of a global electronic health record, broaching key issues involved in building a global digital health ecosystem. Debate simulations offer a safe, interactive space to foster participatory policy discussions for advancing digital health diplomacy. This study used an online simulation of a Model World Health Assembly to critically analyze the sociotechnical issues associated with the global implementation of DVPs, and to generate useful insights and questions about the role of diplomacy in global digital health. The debate arguments addressed and provided insights into the technological, scientific, ethical, legal, policy, and societal aspects of DVPs. Reflecting on the simulation, we discuss its opportunities and challenges for the digitalization, decolonization, decentralization, and democratization of participatory policymaking.