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Timandra Harkness explores ways to constructively disagree: why we argue so hard over our personal preferences. From 2018.

Timandra Harkness explores the best ways to disagree with other people - constructively.

In this final episode. she examines how we argue over personal preferences, and asks why we really try so hard to find and present reasons for what we want to do or believe.

And she has a disagreement over the merits of disagreement.

Producer: Martin Rosenbaum

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2018.

29 days left to listen

14 minutes

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Yesterday09:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Fri 17 Aug 201813:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Wed 6 Mar 201909:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Yesterday09:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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