Why is argument considered a negative approach? Don't we learn the most by debating, a due process of logic?

Question

I think that a lot of people do not have any patience to listen to and ponder over another person's point of view, which is the greatest hurdle in our learning process.

Answer 1

the brain is hardwired with a very powerful survival instinct, fear
the brain however doesnt know the difference between what is real and what the mind tells it is real

the mind tells it that the self is the ideas, beliefs, perspectives, and so forth with which the person identifies a sense of self

so in an argument, when these ideas, beliefs, perspectives are threatened, the brain is sent a message of danger from the mind

this is a negative emotion
so argument is associated with negative emotion
because of the identification the mind makes between ideologies and self


it is not that argument is bad
it is rather that the brain is deluded by the mind due to egoic identification

Answer 2

I think sometimes when debating a subject, passions take over and it no longer becomes a debate. We have a "need to be right." or a "need to win" attitude. If the debate is to learn both sides of an argument, would not learning be better served by stating that up front, therefore eliminating the "need to be right" which turns debate into argument. If the debate is to solve a problem, up front again, we should state that we are debating to reach a compromise. Eliminating the "need to win". Debates have always been structured to ease these problems.....you state, I state, you rebut, I rebut. This structure also helps ease the argument stage of the debate. Unfortunately no learning takes place if no one wants to listen or to learn.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Anais Nin:
We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.


Anne Frank:
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.


Donald Williams:
For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.


Margaret Mead:
If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.


Marian Wright Edelman:
When Jesus Christ asked little children to come to him, he didn't say only rich children, or White children, or children with two-parent families, or children who didn't have a mental or physical handicap. He said, "Let all children come unto me."


Mark Twain:
It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.


Mohandas K. Gandhi:
I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stiffled. I want all the cultures of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.


Pearl S. Buck:
We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.

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Answer 5

one has to realize difference between argument(debate) and discussion. People in debate do the arguments just for the sake of winning the point, rarely to understand the other person point of view. Discussions are based on understanding of other persons point of view.
It makes all the difference.

Answer 6

I agree...I have noticed this as well. The human mind has a framework and when something like an argument turns up and they disagree with what someone else is saying, their framework is being disturbed. I think it's almost mentally impossible for a lot of people to have an open mind about something that they strongly feel for.

Answer 7

debate is a time-honored approach to learn others' views...you are correct...most people cannot separate the passion they may feel for a subject with the logical reasons behind why...it's immature, and, frightening when grown people resort to name-calling as their means of persuasion

this is hyper-evident on this site...

peace, tammy

Answer 8

I think debating is a controlled argument,but sometimes you can win the battle and lose the war.

Answer 9

There is a big difference between "argument" and "debate". Argument is negative, debate is not.

Answer 10

I agree, and I also agree that people use the Abuse button too often here. It's making Yahoo a police state.