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Public Debating
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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
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
Cost
Manufactroversy
Correctio
2. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'
Consistency
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
Erotema
Cure
3. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?
Corax
Anadiplosis
Categorical (Syllogism)
Value-Oriented Arguments
4. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
Status
Non Sequitur
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
5. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.
Blame
Sound
Decorum
Protagoras
6. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?
Consistency
Parallelism
Appeal to Authority
Disassociation of Concepts
7. If A then B B Therefore - A
Categorical (Syllogism)
Second
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
Unrepresentative Sample
8. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Small Sample
Composition
Refutation Strategies
9. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
Epanalepsis
Conceding Arguments
Deductive Reasoning
10. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.
Unsound
Situationally flawed
Second (or) Third
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
11. 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)
Burden of Rejoinder
Correctio
Fallacy Fallacy
Analogy
12. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
Fallacies
Tools of Refutation
Locus of Quality
13. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor
Example
Claim
Exergasia
Commonplaces
14. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Correctio
Checking for Example argument
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
15. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?
Exergasia
Refutation Potential
Gorgias
Simile
16. Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Unsound
Tokenism
Second
17. 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth' is a warrant for what arg?
Claim
Consistency
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Narrative
18. Based on the setting - which dictates the ____ ____ used to determine who has won the debate - E.g. Academic Policy Debate: stock issues Criminal Court Case: beyond a reasonable doubt Civil Courtroom: preponderance of evidence This Classroom: were yo
Aristotle
Deductive Reasoning
Decision Rules
Hyperbole
19. 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
Conceding Arguments
Syllogism
Simile
Sign
20. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Good Will (Ethos)
Fallacy Fallacy
Decision Rules
21. 1. Applying the tests of reasoning to show weaknesses in arguments and develop counterarguments 2. Accusing opponent of using fallacious reasoning 3. Pointing out a flawed metaphor 4. Discrediting the ethos of opponent 5. Pointing out flawed statisti
Ill
(Fallacy of) Accident
Tools of Refutation
Non Sequitur
22. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Rhetoric
Sound
Antithesis
23. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction
Narrative
Argument
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Direct Refutation
24. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)
Fallacies
Value-Oriented Arguments
Unsound
Ill
25. Values more over less in terms of quantitative outcomes (the greatest good for the greatest number)
Checking for Testimony argument
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
Locus of Quantity
Sign
26. 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'
Definitional (Stasis)
Blame
Sign
(Argument by) Example
27. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?
Appeal to Authority
Popular Democracy
Blame
Analogy
28. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.
Enthymeme
Formal Debate
Equivocation
Second (or) Third
29. 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?
Sign
Decorum
Checking for Example argument
Special Topoi
30. Opposite of anadiplosis
Epistrophe
Stock Issues
Simile
Epanalepsis
31. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)
Begging the Question
Locus of Quantity
Value Hierarchies
Sound
32. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.
(Argument from) Cause
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
Simile
Anadiplosis
33. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing
Decorum
Hyperbole
Claim
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
34. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.
Litotes
Isocrates
(Argument of ) General probability
Non Sequitur
35. Focuses on inadequacies or problems in the status quo - must be significant if a change is to be made. Must Have: 1. Quantitative significance: affects lots of people 2. Qualitative significance: is of bad quality
Deductive Reasoning
Plato
Modus Tollens
Ill
36. Opposite of Hyperbole
Refutation Strategies
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Stasis
Litotes
37. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'
(Argument of ) General probability
Manufactroversy
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Small Sample
38. Reasoning from case to case
Appeal to Authority
Analogy
Definitional (Stasis)
Metaphor
39. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives
Stasis
Litotes
Direct Refutation
Formal Debate
40. 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
Burden of Rejoinder
Shifting the Burden of Proof
(Special Topoi for) Science
Formal Logic
41. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue
Informal Debate
Checking for Example argument
Good Will (Ethos)
Quantitative (significance)
42. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.
Narrative
Epanalepsis
Metaphor
Parallelism
43. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another
Anadiplosis
Appeal to Ignorance
Hasty Generalization
Appeal to Ignorance
44. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
Term I/Term II
Accident
Vehicle (and) Tenor
45. Arguing without evidence that a given event is the first of a series of steps that will inevitably lead to some outcome.
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Litotes
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
46. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?
Valid
Procedural (Stasis)
Cliche
Mixed Metaphor
47. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success
(Argument from) Testimony
Anaphora
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
48. 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
Begging the Question
Mercenary Scientists
Rhetoric
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
49. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument
Refutation
Valid
Hyperbole
Unsound
50. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C
Popular Democracy
Categorical (Syllogism)
Testimony
Anaphora