In this week’s podcast, we take a look at the first Presidential debate and see how what we’ve learned about the audience for an argument and how an argument is organized can explain aspects of political debates people routinely criticize (such as why the candidates seem to avoid directly engaging one another).
In reviewing the candidate’s performance, we take a look at how appeals to logos, pathos and ethos work and don’t work within the constraints imposed by the debate format. We also take a look at how the candidates used strategic rhetorical devices to counter their opponent’s most difficult challenges.
As mentioned during last week’s show, we’ll be joined by experts in different areas of critical thinking over the next several weeks, starting this week with a visit from Kevin deLaplante, creator of the online educational website: Critical Thinker Academy.
Kevin provides us his view on how critical thinking can be defined in terms of six major components, as well as giving us insight into both candidate and voter behavior in the context of these six “pillars” of critical thought.
This week’s resources include:
Critical Voter - Debate - Quiz
Critical Voter - Debate - Lesson Plan
Critical Voter – Podcast 10 – Debate Analysis and Kevin deLaplante Interview [ 26:04 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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