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Public Debating
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
Checking for Sign argument
Categorical (Syllogism)
Metaphor
2. Term with lower (negative) value
Litotes
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
(Argument from) Narrative
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
3. 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'
Fallacies
Parallelism
Correctio
(Argument from) Cause
4. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective
Appeal to Ignorance
Anaphora
Attitudinal (inherency)
Second (or) Third
5. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?
Agree on Commonality then refute
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Blame
Isocrates
6. 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
Tools of Refutation
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Intelligence
Refutation Potential
7. Taking one idea and dividing it into two parts - disengaging the two resulting ideas - giving a positive value to one (Term II) and a lesser or negative value to the other (Term I). These are often based on the appearance/reality pair.
Rhetoric
Disassociation of Concepts
Special Topoi
Checking for Testimony argument
8. An argument with true premises and valid form
Tisias
Sound
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Archetypal (Metaphor)
9. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place
Equivocation
Hyperbole
Hasty Generalization
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
10. Beginning repeated
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
Anaphora
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Epistrophe
11. Arguing without evidence that a given event is the first of a series of steps that will inevitably lead to some outcome.
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
Euphimism
Straw Person
Stasis
12. Does one thing really cause the other - or are they merely correlated? Is there another larger cause or series of causes that better explains the effect?
Cicero's Four Stasis Points
Situationally flawed
Ad Hominem
Checking for Cause argement
13. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?
Checking for Analogy argument
Anaphora
Arguments
Non Sequitur
14. Good Moral Character
Status
Argument
Situationally flawed
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
15. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C
False Charge of Fallacy
Unequivocal
Decision Rules
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
16. 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.
Non Sequitur
Debate Resolutions
Anadiplosis
Parallelism
17. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?
Formal Logic
Cliche
Informal Debate
Accident
18. 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.
Claim
Anadiplosis
Straw Person
Composition
19. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.
Appeal to Ignorance
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
(Fallacy of) Accident
Formal Debate
20. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?
Ad Hominem
Gorgias
Appeal to Authority
Second (or) Third
21. 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'
Informal Debate
(Argument from) Testimony
Warrant
Erotema
22. Oppostite of Litotes
Appeal to Authority
Refutation Strategies
Composition
Hyperbole
23. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights
Hyperbole
False Charge of Fallacy
Litotes
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
24. 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
Epistrophe
Refutation Strategies
(Argument by) Analogy
Cost
25. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?
Cost
Metaphor
(Argument from) Testimony
Term I/Term II
26. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____
Burden of Rejoinder
Tu Quoque
Corax
Cliche
27. Exaggeration
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Direct Refutation
Hyperbole
Exergasia
28. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.
Metaphor
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Agree on Commonality then refute
Anadiplosis
29. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the whole is true of the parts
Composition
Ad Populum
Grounds (or data)
Division
30. Values more over less in terms of quantitative outcomes (the greatest good for the greatest number)
Cliche
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Locus of Quantity
Isocrates
31. 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?
Direct Refutation
Loci of the Preferable
Checking for Testimony argument
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
32. What is 'at issue' in a controversy; the place where two sides of an argument come into conflict; the clash between arguments.
Stasis
Metaphor
Anadiplosis
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
33. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.
Epistrophe
Epanalepsis
(Fallacy of) Accident
Anaphora
34. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner
Begging the Question
(Fallacy of) Accident
Blame
Checking for Cause argement
35. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
Locus of Existence
Ambiguity
Archetypal (Metaphor)
36. 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
Value-Oriented Arguments
Parallelism
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Syllogism
37. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
(Fallacy of) Accident
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Litotes
38. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)
Value Hierarchies
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
Hyperbole
Appeal to Ignorance
39. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)
Checking for Sign argument
Fallacies
Second (or) Third
Hyperbole
40. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas
Refutation Strategies
Valid
Begging the Question
Antithesis
41. Defending something by pointing out that your opponent did it as well. Also called 'two wrongs make a right'; this is literally translated as 'thou also'
Consistency
(Argument of ) General probability
Epanalepsis
Tu Quoque
42. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.
Division
Litotes
Metaphor
Exergasia
43. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Formal Debate
Metaphor
Qualitative (Stasis)
44. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'
(Fallacy of) Accident
Erotema
Exergasia
Prolepsis
45. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument
Hyperbole
Direct Refutation
Refutation
Loci of the Preferable
46. Oral performances that have a set format in which two or more speakers take turns making arguments and counterarguments before an audience - Examples: Court room - candidate debates - academic debates
(Special Topoi for) Science
Formal Debate
Questionable Cause
Antithesis
47. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?
Sign
Procedural (Stasis)
Appeal to Authority
Checking for Testimony argument
48. 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)
Valid
Fallacy Fallacy
Corax
Term I/Term II
49. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?
Antithesis
Analogy
(Argument by) Example
Non Sequitur
50. Opposite of Epistrophe
Non Sequitur
Epanalepsis
Anaphora
Consistency