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A growing body of research points to the importance of one personality trait – intellectual humility – and how it influences our learning, relationships and worldview.
In the second debate of the campaign, Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten answered questions from voters in a people’s forum on everything from franking credits to, yes, post offices.
The Conversation’s experts analyse the first Morrison-Shorten debate, with a focus on the key policy issues and the leaders’ performances.
We need to accept the incomplete nature of our knowledge, question and adopt alternative views.
Climate change is an emergency which will hurt the planet’s most vulnerable people – the only irrational response is cool detachment.
A former middle school teacher offers a series of tips on how educators can teach young people to engage in more civil discourse.
As part of the Grenoble École de Management’s 2018 Geopolitics Festival, four scholars explored the art of debate – an antidote for toxic conversations in the fake-news era.
The fourth is the Oxford-style debate series, this article argues that “the impact reflected by Trump is here to stay”.
Educators must work to ensure inclusion with diverse student bodies, yet it seems inevitable that in today’s world, talking about identity issues can be risky and emotional. So how to move forward?
The carbon tax is an unpopular and deeply unequal measure. And Sweden, given as an example in this field, needs to be examined more closely.
Third in the Oxford-style debate series, this article argues against the motion that “the impact reflected by Trump is here to stay” by focusing on the transitory nature of his presidency.
School moots are becoming an increasingly popular way to teach young people about the value of human rights.
France’s parliament is debating a law that would allow “fake news” to be censored. While the outcome is uncertain, the precedent is dangerous.
In the second article in the Oxford-style debate series “The impact reflected by Trump is here to stay”, Prince C. Oguguo argues that Donald Trump’s impact will outlive his presidency.
As part of the Grenoble École de Management’s 2018 Geopolitics Festival, four scholars explored the art of debate – an antidote for toxic conversations in the fake-news era.
Land expropriation without compensation in South Africa will be resolved by opening up the economy and addressing inequalities.
Thanks to new deep-learning techniques, AI has the potential to analyse, improve and contribute to the process of human discussion.
Your ideas are not immune to criticism just because you express them with sincerity: people are worthy of respect, ideas are not.
How candidates say things matters just as much as whether they stuck to the facts.
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