While not limited to this site, I've built a wiki which archives the best debate moments we've had (such as by doing reviews of said debates, and linking to them at archive.org). I've named it Debate and Argument Tactics, and it may be found at:
I do suggest bookmarking it, in case anything happens to DebateArt in the future.
Largely the goals are as follows:
- Catalogue and analyze the best debates, and ensure they are never lost
- Explore arguments from both sides of any topic
- Build a tactical playbook of rhetorical techniques, logical fallacies, and philosophical critiques
A good amount of work has gone into building templates for the following categories which are core to the organization:
- Debates – Case studies of real debates, with clean breakdowns of tactics used.
- Arguments – Contention lines by topic for both sides, along with rebuttals and defenses, explaining the tactics used.
- Tactics – Educational deep-dives into logic, rhetoric, fallacies, and debate strategy.
- Fallacies – Self-explanatory, but there are multiple newly coined ones to deal with the changing landscape of rhetoric in the world.
Why It's Different
- It's a holistic approach, rather than being just a list of fallacies, or just a list of debates...
- It's not a living appeal to tradition (even while it is intended to serve in part as a museum for online debates after their original sites are gone)
- It's intended to be fun to read. You've all seen my wittiness in debates, of course I won't build a dull site narrated by Ben Stein.
- Anyone is welcome to contribute (which is to say no gatekeeping... at least not yet...), so any vaguely topical contribution will be accepted.
- And lastly, I'll dare to say that it looks good. 😎😎😎
If anyone wishes it had something, but doesn't feel like adding it themselves, post here or message me and I'll see about doing a writeup for it.
Note: This was previously announced, but it was brought to my attention that it merits its own thread.
