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- Dictionarydisputation/ˌdɪspjʊˈteɪʃn/
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- 1. debate or argument: "promoting consensus rather than disputation"
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Formalized method of debate designed to uncover and establish truths in theology and in sciences
Disputation is a genre of literature involving two contenders who seek to establish a resolution to a problem or establish the superiority of something. An example of the latter is in Sumerian disputation poems. In the scholastic system of education of the Middle Ages, disputations offered a formalized method of debate designed to uncover and establish truths in theology and in sciences. Wikipedia