{"id":112,"date":"2017-06-05T06:04:12","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T06:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/?p=112"},"modified":"2017-09-18T10:22:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T10:22:52","slug":"collaboration-versus-point-scoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/collaboration-versus-point-scoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaboration versus point scoring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Monday we held the first workshop associated with the project Changing Attitudes in Public Debate<\/a><\/strong>. The workshop was by invitation and designed to bring together some philosophers, social psychologists and linguists that analyse the verbal and non-verbal aspects of conversations. The main aim was to figure out whether there are regularities in people’s speech, in their bodily comportment (e.g. shoulder shrugging or eye rolling), in their tone of voice or in their pauses during debates that reliably indicated arrogance, and was perceived as such by other participants.<\/p>\n

I shall write another post about the progress we made during the day in this endeavour. Here instead I would like to make a few remarks about the tone of debate during the workshop itself. The conversation was remarkably friendly and collaborative without a hint of point scoring. We are a nice bunch of people but I don\u2019t think this was the main (or at least not the only) reason why the atmosphere was so conducive to figuring things out together rather than establishing who is the smartest. Some features of the event I think contributed greatly to its feel and it might be useful to think them through.<\/p>\n

First, we were discussing arrogance and especially arrogance in debate. We therefore might have all been hypervigilant at times not to be, or appear, arrogant. Second, we belonged to different disciplines using different vocabularies, methodologies and working hypotheses. These differences were very apparent at various stages of the event. It was impossible not to be aware of how ignorant we each were of the fields in which others were experts. Such awareness I suspect promoted a dose of humility in every participant. Third, the event centred around brainstorming answers to the main question of how reliably to detect arrogance in debate. The practical orientation of the task contributed greatly I think to the spirit of collaborative enterprise. It illustrated for me that there is a significant difference between debate to achieve a shared goal and debate to decide whose opinion is right. Perhaps it is easier to avoid arrogance in discussions of the first sort and harder in those of the second.<\/p>\n

\u2018How Insensitive<\/a>‘ by\u00a0Edwin van Buuringen<\/a>\u00a0is licensed under CC BY 2.0<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last Monday we held the first workshop associated with the project Changing Attitudes in Public Debate. The workshop was by invitation and designed to bring together some philosophers, social psychologists […]","protected":false},"author":1319,"featured_media":118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24,19,34],"tags":[4,5,35,22],"custom_author":[75],"class_list":["post-112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-changing-attitudes","category-open-for-debate","category-workshop","tag-arrogance","tag-debate","tag-humility","tag-humility-and-conviction-in-public-life","custom_author-tanesini-alessandra"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8KPlM-1O","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/open-for-debate\/","url_meta":{"origin":112,"position":0},"title":"We are now open for debate","author":"Alessandra Tanesini","date":"May 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to 'Open for Debate', a blog associated with the project Changing Attitudes in Public Discourse.\u00a0We hope to use this space to debate all aspects and forms of debate. Ultimately, we would like to develop together, in the spirit of collaboration, some suggestions to improve the quality of discussions in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Open for Debate"","block_context":{"text":"Open for Debate","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/category\/open-for-debate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/04\/19945231246_a0ea274061_k.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/04\/19945231246_a0ea274061_k.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/04\/19945231246_a0ea274061_k.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/04\/19945231246_a0ea274061_k.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/04\/19945231246_a0ea274061_k.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/04\/19945231246_a0ea274061_k.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":66,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/reducing-arrogance-in-debate\/","url_meta":{"origin":112,"position":1},"title":"Reducing arrogance in debate","author":"Alessandra Tanesini","date":"May 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"In many Western democracies, public opinion seems to have become bitterly divided over increasingly divisive topics like immigration, Brexit, and the qualities of Donald J. Trump. People whose convictions are strongly opposed to each other treat discussions as duels or shouting matches. We are now used to\u00a0observing\u00a0debates where participants are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Changing Attitudes"","block_context":{"text":"Changing Attitudes","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/category\/changing-attitudes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/04\/stop-1616145_1920.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/04\/stop-1616145_1920.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/04\/stop-1616145_1920.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/04\/stop-1616145_1920.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/04\/stop-1616145_1920.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/04\/stop-1616145_1920.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":419,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/reflections-on-transcribing-multimodal-texts\/","url_meta":{"origin":112,"position":2},"title":"Reflections on Transcribing Multimodal Texts","author":"Alessandra Tanesini","date":"March 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Since the election of Donald Trump in 2017 the media has often seemed to be in a continual state of shock at the brusque manner of the forty-fifth president\u2019s speech. During the summer of 2017 I conducted a research project into transcription methods for multimodal discourse, contributing to the Changing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Open for Debate"","block_context":{"text":"Open for Debate","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/category\/open-for-debate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/03\/4244624289_70b27dc8a6_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":149,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/arrogant-pride-and-alternative-facts\/","url_meta":{"origin":112,"position":3},"title":"Arrogant Pride and Alternative Facts","author":"Alessandra Tanesini","date":"July 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Pride...is a very common failing\" (Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice). What Austen calls \"pride\" is these days better described as arrogant pride to distinguish it from the rightful pride of those opposing discrimination on the basis of race, gender or sexual orientation. Austen characterises it as \"a feeling of self-complacency\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Open for Debate"","block_context":{"text":"Open for Debate","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/category\/open-for-debate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/07\/Alternative_facts_are_falsehoods.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/07\/Alternative_facts_are_falsehoods.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/07\/Alternative_facts_are_falsehoods.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":163,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/hubris-as-prime-ministerial-vice\/","url_meta":{"origin":112,"position":4},"title":"Hubris as Prime Ministerial Vice","author":"Ian Kidd","date":"July 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"When Theresa May\u2019s snap election backfired decimating her majority, many commentators were quick to use a language of vices to describe her errors. \u2018May\u2019s astounding arrogance has now paved the way for another General Election\u2019, complained the Independent, echoing attacks by the Guardian and Mirror of the various forms of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Open for Debate"","block_context":{"text":"Open for Debate","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/category\/open-for-debate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/07\/Paradise_Lost_12-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/07\/Paradise_Lost_12-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/07\/Paradise_Lost_12-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/07\/Paradise_Lost_12-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":365,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/arrogance-and-the-space-of-reasons\/","url_meta":{"origin":112,"position":5},"title":"Arrogance and the Space of Reasons","author":"Alessandra Tanesini","date":"January 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoining communicated experience. ---John Dewey[1] \u00a0 One of the truly baffling things about the Trump era in the United States is that just when you think our political life could not\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Open for Debate"","block_context":{"text":"Open for Debate","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/category\/open-for-debate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/Hawk.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/Hawk.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/Hawk.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"meta_box":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2017\/06\/insensitivejpg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1319"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions\/120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112"},{"taxonomy":"custom_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openfordebate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/custom_author?post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}