Every academic undertaking has its ritual words. The use of “prima‐facie”; in intercollegiate and interscholastic debating and in our textbooks indicates a mystical identification among academic arguers and may point towards the primordium of argumentation which may need re‐examination. A consideration of the meaning of the term may prove of service not only in the narrow confines of academic argumentation but may be illustrative of our general tendencies as teachers.
Central States Speech Journal
Volume 12, 1961 - Issue 1
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