To get a feel for Peter Elbow’s “believing game,” write a summary of some belief that you strongly...

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To get a feel for Peter Elbow’s “believing game,” write a summary of some belief that you strongly disagree with. Then write a summary of the position that you actually hold on this topic. Give both summaries to a classmate or two, and see if they can tell which position you endorse. If you’ve succeeded, they won’t be able to tell.

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1. I completely disagree with Peter Elbow's assertion that we need a game we love to guide our decisions among competing options. Elbow asserts that the majority of academics and intellectuals are preoccupied with one technique to read new texts and ideas, the sceptical game, at the expense of the other. A game of "self-extraction" from a book's underlying assumptions and conclusions that you force into the open with your stern, scientific scepticism is called "the doubtful game," which enables you to access the text "critically" to look for mistakes and contradictions. In Elbow's words, "the harder it is to doubt something, the more true it sounds." Playing the "Game of Doubts," which Elbow refers to as "the dialectic of propositions," allows you to clarify your viewpoint and position by retaliating against that of another author.

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