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The Debate Judge as Debate Judge: A Functional Paradigm for Evaluating Debates

1984; American Forensic Association; Volume: 20; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00028533.1984.11951264

0002-8533

Robert C. Rowland,

Dispute Resolution and Class Actions

The dispute about paradigms for evaluating debates has focused on the choice of a real world activity as an appropriate model for debate. This essay argues that debate judges should not borrow a paradigm from another activity, but should build a paradigm that meets the unique needs of debate. The essay first identifies the purpose of debate and the characteristics that a paradigm must possess to fulfill that purpose. From that analysis follows a functional view of the debate judge as simply a “debate judge.”