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1. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties
Turn
Isocrates
Deductive Reasoning
Emotionally Charged (Language)
2. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate
Sophist
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
Euphimism
Decorum
3. Values more over less in terms of quantitative outcomes (the greatest good for the greatest number)
Litotes
Locus of Quantity
Claim
Cicero's Four Stasis Points
4. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
Categorical (Syllogism)
Good Will (Ethos)
Claim
5. If A then B A Therefore B
(Argument by) Example
Modus Ponens
Begging the Question
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
6. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')
Prolepsis
Parallelism
Anadiplosis
Grounds (or data)
7. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original
Erotema
Toulmin Model
Corax
Locus of Quality
8. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)
Anaphora
Ambiguity
Sign
Fallacies
9. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike
Questionable Analogy
Sophist
Informal Debate
Equivocation
10. A or B Not A Therefore - B
Second (or) Third
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Questionable Analogy
Questionable Cause
11. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show
Checking for Sign argument
Informal Debate
Associated Commonplaces
Tokenism
12. Reasoning from case to case
Analogy
Commonplaces
Categorical (Syllogism)
Personification
13. Opposite of Hyperbole
Metaphor
Conjectural (Stasis)
Litotes
Rhetoric
14. 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
Anaphora
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Direct Refutation
Epanalepsis
15. 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
Epanalepsis
Begging the Question
Rhetoric
Definitional (Stasis)
16. Opposite of Anaphora
Epistrophe
(Argument from) Sign
Appeal to Ignorance
Unequivocal
17. Draws a conclusion about the PARTS of an ENTITY based on knowledge about the whole entity.
Composition
Qualitative (Stasis)
Categorical (Syllogism)
Division
18. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry
False Dichotomy
Sophist
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Attitudinal (inherency)
19. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction
Argument
Tu Quoque
Syllogism
Toulmin Model
20. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost
Gorgias
Stock Issues
First
Epanalepsis
21. Beginning repeated
Categorical (Syllogism)
Mixed Metaphor
Anaphora
Checking for Sign argument
22. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success
Incrementum
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Popular Democracy
Blame
23. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'
Unsound
Hasty Generalization
Gorgias
Value Hierarchies
24. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.
Hasty Generalization
Exergasia
Analogy
Appeal to Ignorance
25. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins
Tisias
Decision Rules
(Argument of ) General probability
Locus of Essence
26. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth
(Argument of ) General probability
Questionable Analogy
Cliche
Checking for Testimony argument
27. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?
Value-Oriented Arguments
Checking for Testimony argument
Appeal to Ignorance
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
28. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.
Qualitative (Stasis)
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
Parallelism
Anadiplosis
29. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor
Commonplaces
Tu Quoque
Hyperbole
Categorical (Syllogism)
30. 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
Ill
Antithesis
Cicero's Four Stasis Points
(Special Topoi for) Science
31. Ask a rhetorical question
Ill
Testimony
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Erotema
32. 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
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
Epanalepsis
(Argument by) Analogy
Rhetoric
33. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C
Analogy
Categorical (Syllogism)
Ad Populum
Anadiplosis
34. 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'
Intelligence
(Argument by) Example
Turn
Mixed Metaphor
35. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____
Appeal to Ignorance
Prolepsis
Anadiplosis
Questionable Cause
36. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones
Litotes
Protagoras
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Rhetoric
37. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)
Warrant
Antithesis
Checking for Narrative argument
Disassociation of Concepts
38. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience
Cure
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
Modus Tollens
Good Will (Ethos)
39. Draws a conclusions about ONE MEMBER of a GROUP based on a general rule about all members
Sound
Corax
Stasis
Accident
40. 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.
Unrepresentative Sample
Begging the Question
(Argument of ) General probability
Debate Resolutions
41. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights
(Argument by) Example
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
Categorical (Syllogism)
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
42. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.
Isocrates
Decorum
Hasty Generalization
Erotema
43. 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)
Fallacy Fallacy
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Antithesis
Deductive Reasoning
44. Did not pay Corax for sophistry lessons and was taken to court
Tisias
Example
Epanalepsis
Hasty Generalization
45. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?
Conceding Arguments
First
Ethos
Decorum
46. 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?
False Dichotomy
Accident
Checking for Testimony argument
Commonplaces
47. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'
Rhetoric
Mercenary Scientists
Fallacy Fallacy
Checking for Example argument
48. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?
(Argument of ) General probability
Testimony
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Refutation Potential
49. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C
Rhetoric
Narrative
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Vehicle (and) Tenor
50. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?
Value-Oriented Arguments
Consistency
Equivocation
Epanalepsis