Research shows that humans are susceptible to simple stories and biased toward arguments that fit their current perspectives. Here’s how to confront those tendencies.
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Other communication techniques can help move disagreement past attacks and sound bites.
Should all points of view be heard from? Defending certain values and ideas makes it a bit more complicated than simply listening to all sides.
For ancient Athenians, democratic speech was both a right and a responsibility.
When every difference of opinion risks being framed as offensive, space for genuine communication and learning disappears.
Trying to change someone’s mind can seem futile. But there are approaches to political discourse that still matter, even if they don’t instantly win someone over.
New research examines how people become entrenched in polarizing positions and how we can prevent debates from devolving into heated arguments.
The first argument came from a Roman philosopher called Sextius, who was known for his simple lifestyle.
The types of smiles that politicians display can give us insights into their personalities and how they’ll lead.
People can have their own personal dialect based on their own linguistic and social experiences.
Trump’s display during the debate shows that his white male insecurity is a liability to his candidacy − and a threat to the country.
From inflation to abortion, foreign policy and democracy, the two presidential candidates went at it fiercely during their prime-time debate. Two scholars – of race and of journalism – weigh in.
People deeply want to believe they are good, reasonable and worthy. A little humility and curiosity can go a long way toward helping someone feel respected during an argument.
With Donald Trump absent again, Republican presidential hopefuls took potshots at each other but agreed that Bidenomics isn’t cutting it.
Opposition forces in France are using the president’s unpopularity to push for a new constitution. It’s a dangerous game.
One genetic study of over a quarter million people highlights the cognitive benefits of exercise, while another, based on 30 years of scientific literature, says the opposite. Who’s right and who’s wrong?
Ancient Greek philosophers despised the Sophists’ rhetoric because it searched for relative truth, not absolutes. But learning how to do that thoughtfully can help constructive debates.
Immanuel Kant’s ideas about respect are still important today, in a world where social media and echo chambers make manipulation easy.
France’s trade unions have managed to galvanise the largest movement in decades in opposition to pension reform. What will happen to them once the bill has been passed or abandoned?
An international legal expert explains why the Greeks are right to be wary of the British Museum’s offer to loan them the Parthenon marbles.
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Professor in department Law, Managment, and Social Sciences, EM Lyon Business School
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