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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A manufactured controversy that is motivated by profit or extreme ideology to intentionally create confusion in the public about an issue of scientific fact that is not in dispute by the scientific community. Used to stop debate at the conjectural le






2. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C






3. Opposite of Anaphora






4. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






5. Opposite of Hyperbole






6. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another






7. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.






8. Accepting the word of an alleged authority when we should not because the person does not have expertise on this particular issue or s/he cannot be trusted to give an unbiased opinion.






9. All A are B -X is A - therefore - X is B OR All A are B - all B are C - therefore - all A are C OR All A are B - all C are A - therefore - all C are B






10. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category






11. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties






12. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






13. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts






14. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.






15. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?






16. After this - therefore on account of this






17. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)






18. Defending something by pointing out that your opponent did it as well. Also called 'two wrongs make a right'; this is literally translated as 'thou also'






19. Are there enough examples to prove that point? Are the examples skewed toward one type of thing? Are the examples unambiguous? Could it be that the connection of general and specific doesn't hold in this case?






20. Is a variation of Appeal to Ignorance. It is when you accept an argument that the presumption lies with one side and the other side has the burden of proving its case when the reverse is actually true






21. The inference moves from specific to general or from general to specific. The warrant to this argument usually reads 'what is true in this case is true in general' or 'what is true in general is true in this case'






22. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones






23. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C






24. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






25. Is a variety of questionable cause; it is when you conclude that something cause dsomething else just because the second thing came after it; literally translated as 'after this - therefore on account of this'






26. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth






27. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)






28. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.






29. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






30. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






31. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?






32. Agree with the values or goals of the opposition - but then argue that the opposition doesn't do a better job of achieving those values goals






33. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






34. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other






35. Oral performances that have a set format in which two or more speakers take turns making arguments and counterarguments before an audience - Examples: Court room - candidate debates - academic debates






36. Is necessary to defend the weak against the strong - Is useful and necessary to the state and the individual because you become a more thoughtful citizen and a more well-rounded person - Is useful to have the tools to recognize good arguments and def






37. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.






38. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'






39. Values more over less in terms of quantitative outcomes (the greatest good for the greatest number)






40. Draws a conclusion about the PARTS of an ENTITY based on knowledge about the whole entity.






41. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.






42. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?






43. Opposite of anadiplosis






44. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.






45. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






46. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins






47. Did not pay Corax for sophistry lessons and was taken to court






48. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides






49. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike






50. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?