Instigator / Con
4
1501
rating
2
debates
50.0%
won
Topic
#959

In The Pursuit of Truth and/or Knowledge, Do We Take Into Account Feelings?

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
0
3
Better sources
2
2
Better legibility
1
1
Better conduct
1
1

After 1 vote and with 3 points ahead, the winner is...

Athias
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
Three days
Max argument characters
30,000
Voting period
One week
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Pro
7
1598
rating
20
debates
65.0%
won
Description

It is quite confusing why people say 'you can't say that, it's offensive' nowadays especially in street debates between left and right wing supporters in many parts of the Western World. I am really interested in knowing why someone would think in such a way that we must care about human emotion is the result is the obtaining of knowledge or truth. Looking for someone willing to debate that we must take into account the feelings of others when in search of answer. I stand for the 'facts don't care about your feelings' side, the opponent will be against it.

Criterion
Con
Tie
Pro
Points
Better arguments
3 point(s)
Better sources
2 point(s)
Better legibility
1 point(s)
Better conduct
1 point(s)
Reason:

Welcome to Marc.

Cons opens, with a fairly concise argument that emotion and can blur individuals reasoning when it comes to facts, and that people rely too much on emotion rather than facts.

Pros counter argument is orthogonal - that emotions, give us the drive and quest for knowledge, and inherently gives truth value and meaning - without which knowledge is effectively meaningless.

In the following round, con puts some meat on the bones, by showing some impact of emotions on our society, specifically with vaccine hesitancy, conspiracies, etc.

At this point, pro and con are both somewhat arguing across each other. Cons argument is valid that emotion when it comes to determining facts is detrimental: but pros case is that while this is true - emotion is what in itself gives facts and truth meaning.

Both sides appear to argue that the other side should be arguing their position - and thus is always tricky to judge.

Reading the resolution: I think pros interpretation is more fair an interpretation of the resolution as written (note to con - it’s often important be 100% explicit exactly what the resolution is).

Importantly even if I assume cons contention and resolution is correct, I think pros argument still fits in with that - that while emotion maybe detrimental to quality, facts do care about your feelings given that they’re given value by them as con points out. While this is in the ball park of a kritik, I feel it’s a valid one.

For this reason, I think pro edges this debate in both resolution. Thus arguments to pro.