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1. Opposite of Epistrophe
Straw Person
Checking for Analogy argument
Ad Populum
Anaphora
2. Who developed the argument from general probability?
False Dichotomy
Correctio
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Corax
3. 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
Rhetoric
Analogy
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
Loci of the Preferable
4. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed
Structural (inherency)
Checking for Narrative argument
Anadiplosis
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
5. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.
Appeal to Ignorance
Quantitative (significance)
Metaphor
Epistrophe
6. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry
Appeal to Ignorance
Sophist
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
7. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.
(Argument from) Cause
Procedural (Stasis)
Special Topoi
Epistrophe
8. 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.
Prolepsis
Straw Person
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Definitional (Stasis)
9. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights
Tokenism
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Straw Person
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
10. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture
Blame
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Questionable Cause
11. Arguing that one thing caused another without sufficient evidence of a causal relationship.
Checking for Narrative argument
Qualitative (Stasis)
Cost
Questionable Cause
12. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Fallacies
First
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
13. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.
Cliche
Prolepsis
(Argument from) Testimony
Conjectural (Stasis)
14. '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?
Example
Good Will (Ethos)
Prolepsis
Popular Democracy
15. beginning repeated at ending
Ad Populum
Attitudinal (inherency)
Ill
Epanalepsis
16. A or B Not A Therefore - B
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Toulmin Model
Burden of Rejoinder
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
17. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Blame
Conjectural (Stasis)
Archetypal (Metaphor)
18. Good Moral Character
Gorgias
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Cure
19. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')
Grounds (or data)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Straw Person
Formal Logic
20. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)
Manufactroversy
(Fallacy of) Accident
Metaphor
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
21. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'
Epistrophe
Anaphora
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Intelligence
22. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning
Accident
(Fallacy of) Accident
Mixed Metaphor
False Charge of Fallacy
23. 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
Syllogism
Euphimism
Sound
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
24. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?
Deductive Reasoning
Cost
Intelligence
Stock Issues
25. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
Modus Tollens
Conjectural (Stasis)
Tu Quoque
26. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)
Value Hierarchies
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Conceding Arguments
Good Will (Ethos)
27. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Tu Quoque
28. An argument with true premises and valid form
Rhetoric
Sound
Begging the Question
(Argument of ) General probability
29. Most fallacies are ____ ____; that is if the argument were to employ difference evidence - or be offered in different circumstances - it would be perfectly fine - but in the specific case in which it is identified as a fallacy - it is flawed
Protagoras
Situationally flawed
Ad Populum
Emotionally Charged (Language)
30. Oppostite of Litotes
Quantitative (significance)
Hyperbole
Common Practice (Fallacy)
(Special Topoi for) Science
31. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument
Red Herring
Refutation
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Locus of Existence
32. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?
Rhetoric
Checking for Narrative argument
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Toulmin Model
33. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?
Procedural (Stasis)
Formal Debate
Second
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
34. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction
(Argument by) Example
Begging the Question
Blame
Argument
35. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
Metaphor
Incrementum
Rhetoric
36. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Sign
Hasty Generalization
Checking for Narrative argument
37. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
(Argument from) Testimony
Consistency
Valid
38. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive
Ill
Tokenism
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Blame
39. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties
Refutation
Deductive Reasoning
(Argument of ) General probability
Plato
40. Agree with the values or goals of the opposition - but then argue that the opposition doesn't do a better job of achieving those values goals
Procedural (Stasis)
Tokenism
Agree on Commonality then refute
Second
41. Exaggeration
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Conceding Arguments
Procedural (Stasis)
Hyperbole
42. 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
Blame
(Argument by) Example
Appeal to Authority
(Argument by) Analogy
43. 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth' is a warrant for what arg?
Gorgias
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
(Fallacy of) Accident
Narrative
44. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal
Archetypal (Metaphor)
Ambiguity
Refutation Potential
Associated Commonplaces
45. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'
Anadiplosis
Questionable Analogy
Erotema
Personification
46. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C
Categorical (Syllogism)
Fallacy Fallacy
Litotes
Disassociation of Concepts
47. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Tu Quoque
(Argument from) Cause
Epanalepsis
48. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.
Enthymeme
Debate Resolutions
Second (or) Third
Epistrophe
49. 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
Analogy
Tisias
Decision Rules
Prolepsis
50. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place
Equivocation
Locus of Existence
Ad Hominem
(Special Topoi for) Democrats