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I argue to learn. By arguing with someone who is more knowledgeable about a particular subject, I learn my own misconceptions about that subject. In order to be certain about what I learn, I must challenge truth with my own misconceptions, and I must openly invite truth to disabuse me. In order to teach with certainty, I must let others challenge what I perceive to be the truth. |
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I am always willing to risk losing an argument for the sake of gaining understanding. I also enjoy winning an argument because it allows me to give understanding. In my opinion, the only arguments I really lose are the ones in which the person I am arguing with refuses to advocate their own perspective. |
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I seek to make my stance known, and to understand the other person's stance completely. I want to make sure that neither my stance, nor that of the person that I am arguing with, is based on misconception, preconception, or presumption. I argue to expose meek indecision or unfounded decisiveness. |
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Also, sometimes I argue to fight my own pet peeves and to persuade the preferences of others to be more like mine. |
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I find argument provocative and enlightening. I will argue until I know everything, and I will argue until you know everything! Let's learn together; let's argue! |
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