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Hi practical reasoners! I'm Sophia, and I debated for Prospect High School from 2020 to 2024. I obsessively stalked the older debater pages on here and also wrote some articles on my own ([[Capitalism Kritik|Cap K]], [[Structure of a Shell|Intro to Theory]], [[Particularism]], etc.), so I thought it'd be cool if I threw my prep here. If you've ever read any articles on phil from this library, chances are that I, [[Scarsdale ZS|Zach]], or [[Walt Whitman BW (Benjamin Waldman)|Ben]] wrote it, so I hope you enjoy!
Hi practical reasoners! I'm Sophia, and I debated for Prospect High School from 2020 to 2024. I obsessively stalked the older debater pages on here and also wrote some articles on my own ([[Capitalism Kritik|Cap K]], [[Structure of a Shell|Intro to Theory]], [[Particularism]], etc.), so I thought it'd be cool if I threw my prep here. If you've ever read any articles on phil from this library, chances are that I, [[Scarsdale ZS|Zach]], or [[Walt Whitman BW (Benjamin Waldman)|Ben]] wrote it, so I hope you enjoy!


As you can tell, I did (do?) a lot of phil debate. It was the easiest option available to me at the time, and being online for my first two years, I wasn't too hindered by the West Coast policy-style debate/
I did a lot of phil debate in my career -- it was the easiest option available to me at the time. It required a lot less prep than other styles of debate, which helped me avoid burnout. It also didn't require as much coaching, so I find it a valuable option for people (mostly in Texas/the East Coast) who don't want to spend that much money on this activity.


My freshman year, I started off wiki-stealing and reading phil articles that were far too complicated for me to understand -- in general, I was pretty confused argument-wise. I began to get things together my sophomore year after learning more about Kant, and pretty much exclusively only ran Kant, with a bit of virtue ethics, friv theory, and the Cap K. I regret not being more flexible, since it heavily stunted my pref sheet and also caused me to lose a fair share of rounds. My junior year, I became a lot more flex and ran pretty much everything except the K, and experimented with substance-heavy phil to adapt to West Coast judges. I'm probably going to troll my senior year -- I'll update this page with what happens in a year, I guess.
I get some questions asking me how I did phil debate as a small school, so I thought I'd answer them here.  
 
I get some questions asking me how I learned and got better at phil debate being on the West Coast and without a phil coach, so I figured I'd answer them here.
==== Phil Debate on the West Coast ====
==== Phil Debate on the West Coast ====
Silly rabbit, trix are for kids!
Silly rabbit, trix are for kids!
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I'll probably write a full length article on how to "do" phil debate soon, but it's always good to know the philosophy well enough to explain to a layperson. Using examples, numbering your arguments/signposting, and seeming knowledgeable always gives you a speaks boost. For example, if your opponent says "Freedom is not uniform, meaning Kant can't account for it under his a priori binary" a good response could be "Freedom comes in many different forms but it can still be a priori," but the best response would be something like "Freedom comes in many different forms but it can still be a priori e.g., saying a triangle has 3 sides is an a priori truth, but there are many different types of triangles -- scalene, isosceles, and equilateral even though they share the same property." While the second response is longer, it's also more detailed and explains the concept a lot better than the first. Longer responses are also not uniformly bad -- they give your judge time to flow, which can be a breath of fresh air in blippy phil debates.  
I'll probably write a full length article on how to "do" phil debate soon, but it's always good to know the philosophy well enough to explain to a layperson. Using examples, numbering your arguments/signposting, and seeming knowledgeable always gives you a speaks boost. For example, if your opponent says "Freedom is not uniform, meaning Kant can't account for it under his a priori binary" a good response could be "Freedom comes in many different forms but it can still be a priori," but the best response would be something like "Freedom comes in many different forms but it can still be a priori e.g., saying a triangle has 3 sides is an a priori truth, but there are many different types of triangles -- scalene, isosceles, and equilateral even though they share the same property." While the second response is longer, it's also more detailed and explains the concept a lot better than the first. Longer responses are also not uniformly bad -- they give your judge time to flow, which can be a breath of fresh air in blippy phil debates.  
==== Small School Debate ====
(This is the part where I do some shameless advertising)
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Wiki stalking is going to be your best friend, especially if you don't do policy -- phil and K links can be easily acquired and used whenever you want as long as you're not at the first tournament of the topic.
=== 2022 -- 2023 ===
=== 2022 -- 2023 ===
==== January/February ====
==== January/February ====
===== ACs =====
===== ACs =====
I mostly read Kant with an ASEAN advantage, but in more tricky rounds I'd just fill the aff with preempts (theory or AT: K) instead of the util advantage. I kept the Kant framework and advantage relatively short (< 3:00) since most people don't LBL the justifications anyway, so it wasted time in the aff that I could use to add other more strategic preempts.  
I mostly read Kant with an ASEAN advantage, but in more tricky rounds I'd just fill the aff with preempts (theory or AT: K) instead of the util advantage. I kept the Kant framework and advantage relatively short (< 3:00) since most people don't LBL the justifications anyway, so it wasted time in the aff that I could use to add other more strategic preempts. The one below is the longer Kant framework by itself with all the carded preempts I'd put in the framework. 


JF23 -- Kant AC  
[[:File:Prospect ST JF23 Kant AC.docx|JF23 -- Kant AC]]
 
[[:File:Prospect ST - JF23 Kant AC Frontlines.docx|JF23 -- Kant AC Frontlines]]
 
My pride and joy:
 
[[:File:Prospect ST - JF23 - Kritikal Kantsequentialism AC.docx|JF23 -- Kritikal Kantsequentialism AC]]
===== NCs =====
===== NCs =====
Read this NC mostly to get high speaks in front of judges that disliked skepticism. I'd usually run skep whenever I could though since the topic wasn't very balanced philosophy-wise.
[[:File:Prospect ST - JF23 Kant NC.docx|JF23 -- Kant NC]]
This was the skep NC I ran a lot with its own "truth testing" justification. I found it strategic because it avoided the common criticisms against TT (too many tricks and a prioris) while also preserving the benefits (running skep).
JF23 -- Moral Antirealism NC
I was sent this disad by an alien named Morp that had a particular interest in philosophy and probability.
JF23 -- Morp DA
===== Theory =====
My other pride and joy:
[[:File:Prospect ST - Furry Spec.docx|JF23 -- Furry Spec]]
==== November/December ====
==== November/December ====
===== ACs =====
===== ACs =====
I read Kant with the Brahmaputra Dams advantage (thanks Elmer!)
ND22 -- Kant AC
ND22 -- Kant AC Frontlines
===== NCs =====
===== NCs =====
Not the most viable NC, ran it mostly for the speaks thing I mentioned above.
ND22 -- Kant NC
I read this NC to troll.
ND22 -- Particularism NC
==== September/October ====
==== September/October ====
===== ACs =====
===== ACs =====
===== NCs =====
===== NCs =====
=== 2022 -- 2023 ===
=== 2021 -- 2022 ===
It's literally all Kant.
 
==== January/February ====
==== January/February ====
===== ACs =====
===== ACs =====
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