A recipe for Philosophical DebateĀ 

 

– Open minded

– Willingness to debate

– In depth knowledge on the subject

– Educated perspective

– One or more debating partnersĀ 

 

To get started on Philosophy you must first find what is often seen as a subjective topic, in which your familiar with. Identify your perspective, do sufficient research on this topic using aides such as text books or podcasts (use YouTube if necessary),be sure to only use trustworthy fact based data. Then leave yourself to ponder on these thoughts for at lest four to five hours.Ā  At this point you will need a colleague or more well versed in your chosen topic. From here you and your new ā€œfriendsā€ will engage in a respectful debate. Do not be discouraged if you do not sway your colleagues’ mind or even find yourself being swayed; this is the point of philosophical debates. This ensures the most well thought out and factually soundĀ  perspectives “stickā€ per-say. Those you may find some more stuber of us may persist regardless of this process. Perhaps for good reason.