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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






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






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






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






5. An argument that follows proper logical form






6. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)






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






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






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






10. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.






11. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






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






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






14. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?






15. Is another variety of Hasty Generalization. It is when you reason from a sample that is not representative (typical) of the population from which it was drawn.






16. 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'






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






18. Good Moral Character






19. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?






20. Ending repeated






21. Term with higher (positive) value






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






23. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.






24. These seats or commonplaces of argument suggest inferences that arguers might make that are based on the habits of thought and value hierarchies that everyone shares






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






26. The inference says that one thing is a sign of another. It's usually used in an argument that something IS. The warrant to this argument is usually in the form 'X is a sign of Y'






27. If A then B A Therefore B






28. 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






29. 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'






30. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






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






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






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






34. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity






35. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument






36. 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)






37. A or B Not A Therefore - B






38. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






39. 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






40. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others






41. Appeals from the character of the speaker






42. 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?






43. Opposite of Epanalepsis






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






45. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






46. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry






47. Understatement






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






49. 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'






50. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'