A code of conduct for effective rational discussion
The list of proposed principles is:
- The Fallibility Principle
- The Truth-Seeking Principle
- The Clarity Principle
- The Burden of Proof Principle
- The Principle of Charity
- The Relevance Principle
- The Acceptability Principle
- The Sufficiency Principle
- The Rebuttal Principle
- The Resolution Principle
- The Suspension of Judgement Principle
- The Reconsideration Principle
- Fleck’s Addendum
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Technically I stole these principles from a book via another blog via a commenter on my blog. But I added witty paragraphs.
Let's just say it's a barb aimed at a few recent critics...
Not too bad actually.
“Scorn also to depress thy competitor by any dishonest or unworthy method; strive to raise thyself above him only by excelling him; so shall thy contest for superiority be crowned with honour, if not with success.”
Attributed to Akhenaton, Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, 14th C BC
Good list.
I'm also a fan of Sidney Hook's Decalogue for Democratic Discourse, although I think listening to AM radio for too long has left me more dismissive and vitriolic than I was when I first started blogging.
I've been a fan of "Rules for Rationals" as found in the appendix of the book The Psychology of the Psychic (Prometheus) by David Marks and the late Richard Kammann. Sadly the version that was online is gone.
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