FACT CHECK · DEBATE METHOD AND GENERAL FACTS
Claim: Without a proposition, who has to prove what?
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Burden of proof = the duty to back your own claim: onus probandi incumbit ei qui dicit, non ei qui negat (the one who asserts, not the one who denies). A debate starts by fixing WHO asserted WHAT.
SOURCE
Wikipedia: Burden of proof (philosophy)
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