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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C






2. Term with lower (negative) value






3. The inference moves from cause to effect or effect to cause - arguing that something is the direct result of something else. The warrant to this argument is usually formatted as: 'X is a form of Y'






4. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective






5. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?






6. Is another variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that this is the way things have always been done






7. Taking one idea and dividing it into two parts - disengaging the two resulting ideas - giving a positive value to one (Term II) and a lesser or negative value to the other (Term I). These are often based on the appearance/reality pair.






8. An argument with true premises and valid form






9. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place






10. Beginning repeated






11. Arguing without evidence that a given event is the first of a series of steps that will inevitably lead to some outcome.






12. Does one thing really cause the other - or are they merely correlated? Is there another larger cause or series of causes that better explains the effect?






13. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?






14. Good Moral Character






15. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C






16. They stablish an arena for argumentation by defining ground for a dispute and issues of controversy. Typically - one side affirms the resolution and one side negates the resolution.






17. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?






18. Misrepresenting an opponent's position as more extreme than it really is and then attacking that version - or attacking a weaker opponent while ignoring a stronger one.






19. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.






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






21. The inference reasons that what a trustworthy source says is true. The warrant to this argument usually says - 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true'






22. Oppostite of Litotes






23. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights






24. The inference compares two similar things - saying that since they are alike in some respects - they are alike in another respect. It can be a figurative analogy or a literal analogy. The warrant usually reads: 'if two things are alike in most respec






25. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?






26. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____






27. Exaggeration






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






29. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the whole is true of the parts






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






31. Is the source qualified to say what is being said? Is she or he in a position to know this information? Does the testimony represent what the authority really meant to say? Is the source relatively unbiased and recent?






32. What is 'at issue' in a controversy; the place where two sides of an argument come into conflict; the clash between arguments.






33. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.






34. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner






35. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal






36. Usually has three parts: 1. (MP) Major Premise - unequivocal statement 2. (mP) Minor Premise - about a specific case 3. (C) Conclusion - follows necessarily from the premises






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






38. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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






40. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






41. 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'






42. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.






43. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.






44. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'






45. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument






46. 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






47. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?






48. Arguing that the conclusion of an argument must be untrue because there is a fallacy in the reasoning. (Just because the premises may not be true - does not mean that the conclusion has to be false)






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






50. Opposite of Epistrophe