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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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'






2. Good Moral Character






3. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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






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






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






7. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.






8. An irrelevant attack on an opponent rather than on the opponent's evidence or arguments; this is literally translated as an argument 'to the person'






9. Exaggeration






10. Opposite of Hyperbole






11. Obligation of the arguer advocating change to overcome the presumption through argument






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






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






14. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






16. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






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






19. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






20. 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'






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






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






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






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






25. The list that builds






26. 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






27. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






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






29. 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.






30. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'






31. Opposite of Epistrophe






32. 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.






33. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?






34. Ending repeated






35. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.






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






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






38. 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






39. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.






40. Understatement






41. Is a variation of the non sequiter; it is when the irrelevant reason is meant to divert the attention of the audience from the real issue






42. Structure repeated






43. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






44. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)






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






46. 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.






47. _____ thought that rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion






48. 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






49. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






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