Thank you Carl Rogers. It’s been a while since I’ve seen your name but I’ve used your techniques for a very long time.
A Rogerian argument stands as the opposite of Aristotelian argumentation, a technique for attempting to find common ground.
Using Rogerian argumentation is very effective when dealing with those who are accustomed to forms of Aristotelian argumentation, subforms of which are common on the internet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogerian_argument
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Instead of “argument as war”,
what about negotiated inquiry into common grounds for belief?
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http://people.ucalgary.ca/~dabrent/art/rogchap.html
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