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SENIOR PHILOSOPHERS
This program is available to senior Lincoln Douglas debaters who have 75 or more rounds of Lincoln Douglas debate and who are returning to Iowa for their second or third year. The program was enormously successful in its inaugural year. The curriculum was designed by Seth Halverson, Bryce Paschler, and Daniel Yaverbaum; all three men have degrees in philosophy, were Lincoln Douglas debaters in high school, and are experienced coaches. Students in this program will work in laboratories with the instructors. However, as an alternative to the lecture schedule, the students will spend the morning session reading and discussing philosophers who are not regularly used in LD; afternoon sessions will be spent learning to apply the principles of those philosophers in the actual debate rounds. Additionally, some sessions will be conducted by outside speakers who are experts in law, international relations, history, etc. These students will also have a number of practice debates critiqued by the staff. In general, Iowa's Senior Philosophers should leave equipped to bring to their final year of Lincoln Douglas an expanded knowledge of philosophy and its application and drills on debating skills that should make for a solid foundation for debate. This program is limited to 24 participants on a first-come first-served basis. As this program is highly sought after we encourage early application.
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