Tag: America

  • A History of Argument: Teaching Students Critical Analysis

    A History of Argument: Teaching Students Critical Analysis

    By Andrew Struan Writing in 1808 when in office as President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson told his grandson: ‘I never yet saw an instance of one of two disputants convincing the other by argument’. Continuing this line of thought in his letter, Jefferson explained that his fellow Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, was ‘the…