This is not a good atmosphere in which to debate grand ideas.

He added that there was plenty of time for the party to debate ideas.

He said his party must not shy away from debating ideas.

A phenomenon of 18th century London was the coffee house, which became a popular place to debate ideas.

These painters welcomed her into their circle, where they debated ideas about contemporary art.

You're obviously on a mission here rather than debating ideas openly so - crack on by yourself.

With this machine, people suddenly had the ability to use the printed word to debate ideas and proceed logically to democratic conclusions.

Activities included debating ideas and issues of the times.

But I didn't want harmony and consensus in the classroom-I wanted to debate ideas.

It is one thing to debate ideas with which one disagrees.