I've added a poll. I'm interested in how the various information gathering/decision making couplings approach arguments.
I make a distinction between an argument and a squabble or conflict. I define it as follows:
Argument: a debate or heated discussion about some idea or other (politics, science, technology, film, art, religion, philosophy, literature, etc). Although people disagree, the discussion is not intended to be personal in nature and the focus of the discussion is on the different views, not on who did what.
It is not:
A squabble: a personal disagreement in which grievances of a personal nature (whose feelings are hurt, who did or did not do what and so forth) are aired.
Nor is it a:
Town Meeting: a gathering of people that are trying to reach a decision that will be followed by action, such as a staff meeting or condo board meeting or any other situation where personal agendas and self-interest may come in to play.
In other words, it is an intellectual discussion about some matter on which two or more people disagree.
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