Traditional Vs Rogerian Argumentation Style

Traditional argument aims to

• defeat your opponent using claims and evidence and facts.

• find a compromise

• find a solution to the problem

• to show that your position is stronger for a variety of reasons

Rogerian argument aims to

• win an argument

• destroy your opponents position

• find a compromise

• prove your opponent wrong

Firstly, in a Rogerian argument you

• find evidence to make your position solid

• restate the opposing position accurately

• say that the opposing position sucks

Secondly, in a Rogerian argument you need to find the common ground with the opposition.

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• False

In a Rogerian argument you have to be stubborn and push on your point of view.

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• False

In the end of the Rogerian argument it is important to

• defeat your opponent

• find a compromise

• find a workable solution to the problem

• prove that your position is right