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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






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






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






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






5. Assuming as a premise some form of the very point that is at issue - the very conclusion we intend to prove. Also called circular reasoning.






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






7. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






8. 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






9. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






10. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible






11. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest






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






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






14. 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






15. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate






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






17. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






18. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show






19. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made






20. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.






21. 'What is true in this case is true in general' or 'What is true in general is true in this case' Is a warrant for what kind of argument?






22. Metaphors use ____ and ____






23. 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






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






25. Attempts to assign responsibility for the existence of the ill to the current system. Needs to connect the ill to the policy in order for it to be changed. Must Have: 1. Structural Inherency: bad structure/lack of structure 2. Attitudinal Inherency:






26. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)






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






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






29. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






30. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success






31. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?






32. 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'






33. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change






34. beginning repeated at ending






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






36. Ending repeated






37. 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






38. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)






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






40. 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?






41. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)






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






43. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)






44. 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






45. Ask a rhetorical question






46. Opposite of Epistrophe






47. Term with higher (positive) value






48. 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.






49. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____






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