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Philo@PA: The Philomathean Society


A friendly guide to parliamentary extemporaneous debate at Phillips Academy.


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General Knowledge

This section covers topics that commonly come up in debates: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Since the parli-extemp format will require you to have prior knowledge on all your evidence, we recommend you go through this section and develop a solid foundation on each of these concepts.

Philosophy

Politics

Current Events

Economics