By using the faculty of reasoning, man tries and understand the phenomena around him. The serendipitous understanding is, however, wholly subjective to the extent that whenever his subjective findings ...

We live in a world of persuasion. Advertisements try to convince us to buy products. Stories on television and radio attempt to influence our opinion on a variety of topics. Politicians seek to ...

EyesOver data shows a shift in attribution: cost-of-living conversations are no longer dominated by short-term inflation spikes. They’re increasingly tied to structural forces: labor competition, ...

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What argument or viewpoint do people find most persuasive? Go ahead and think about it for a moment. Ready for the answer? In any discussion, negotiation, or conflict ...

What wins the day in arguing a motion in limine? A single argument or a decision tree approach of “Your Honor, we prevail because of Rule A, but Rule D also applies and so might F?” One answer may ...

Many people think persuasion is essentially “debating lite.” To make your argument successfully, you’ve got to pick out flaws in somebody else’s way of thinking, showing them that their perspective is ...

It’s late at night, not long before the semester ends, and I’ve graded 42 annotated bibliographies in the last 48 hours. I’m bleary-eyed and exhausted—not just from reading so many assignments in a ...