#clear_thinking/Writing [What is Exposition](https://freemarketcenterjournal.com/2023/04/25/what-is-exposition/) The importance of "exposition" comes from how one uses it. ***The Free Market Center Journal*** will use expositions to give you something to think about, not to give you something to believe. # Exposition [What is Exposition](https://freemarketcenterjournal.com/2023/04/25/what-is-exposition/) The importance of "exposition" comes from how one uses it. ***The Free Market Center Journal*** will use expositions to give you something to think about, not to give you something to believe. # Exposition I felt that I should include a short post describing the idea of *exposition* because it describes concisely what I want to accomplish here on ***The Free Market Center Journal***. First, a couple of definitions: > **Exposition**: a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory. > **Expository**: intended to explain or describe something. I intend for my posts on this site to consist of expositions. I intend to provide "comprehensive descriptions and explanations" and not lectures. I don't want you to make notes and absorb what I write here as truth or fact. Yes, I want you to take notes, but only for contemplation. I want you to think about what I write and not believe what I write. I believe in ***dialogue*** as a form of effective conversation. I don't, on the other hand, believe in the effectiveness of ***debate***. Debate relies almost entirely on advocacy: i.e., stating a point of view and presenting an interpretation of facts that support that argument. Dialogue combines advocacy with inquiry. In dialogue, a person advocates a description or explanation and offers assumptions that support that assumption. Then the presenter asks the other party to do the same: advocate his position and explain the assumptions he thinks to support his position. Based on my brief explanation, I realize you might ask, "What is the real difference?" I sum up the distinction by saying that debates attempt **to achieve agreement**. Dialogues attempt **to stimulate thinking**. I offer the exposition on this site as one side of a dialogue. I want to make you think about my points. If you disagree, feel free to state your disagreement in the comments. But make sure to explain why you disagree. I will not engage in debates within the comments, but if your comments raise important points, I will address them in future posts. # Conclusion We use ***Exposition*** to explain. We do not use it to indoctrinate. --- # References