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EPISODE · Oct 14, 2021 · 54 MIN

Persuasion — is it possible, or even desirable?

from The Minefield · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Far too much debate today is more like a play of competing monologues, or forms of self-promotion designed to perform for one’s tribe. Should we give up on the fantasy of persuasion through argumentation and cascading theses, as some philosophers have, or do we need to rethink the conditions of persuasion altogether?

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