How to Define
Defending Defs
The Framework
100
The most common way to define a term
What is a dictionary
100
The definition appears in most resource books
What is consistent inclusion
100
The resolution should be initially doubted
What is presumption
200
What is not included in the definition
What is negation
200
Defining the words "green" and "thumb" independently from one another violates this standard
What is a phrase
200
This is latin term literally means "the mess we're in. Today it simply means "the way things are now"
What is the status quo
300
How experts define a term
What is field specific
300
Defining a word as a noun when it is operating as a verb violates this standard
What is grammar
300
The degree to which the resolution must be established before it will be accepted
What is The Standard of Proof
400
The root meaning
What is derivation (etymology)
400
How the term is normally used
What is common usage
400
If you don't meet this burden, you opponents will win the argument
What is Clash (rebuttal, refutation, rejoinder)
500
What the plan actually does
What is operational
500
A google search would be an example of applying this standard
What is a literature check (use in public domain)
500
Both the affirmative and negative's obligation to prove the claims they advance
What is A Burden of Proof
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