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1. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.
Agree on Commonality then refute
Division
Non Sequitur
Unsound
2. This is the name for fallacies that do not have another name but that involve a claim that does not follow from the premises (e.g. the evidence is not relevant or not appropriate to support the claim). Litterally translated as 'it does not follow -'
Anaphora
Appeal to Authority
Non Sequitur
Syllogism
3. 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'
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Erotema
Non Sequitur
(Argument from) Testimony
4. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C
Cure
(Argument of ) General probability
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Correctio
5. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor
Locus of Existence
Blame
Mixed Metaphor
Commonplaces
6. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest
Intelligence
Decorum
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
Special Topoi
7. The list that builds
Hyperbole
Erotema
Incrementum
Warrant
8. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue
Valid
Anaphora
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Questionable Analogy
9. 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.
Rhetoric
Unrepresentative Sample
Conceding Arguments
Straw Person
10. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.
Anadiplosis
Charisma
Begging the Question
Valid
11. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?
Commonplaces
Toulmin Model
Composition
Blame
12. Ask a rhetorical question
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Analogy
Erotema
Rhetoric
13. 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:
Non Sequitur
Blame
Valid
Claim
14. Values more over less in terms of quantitative outcomes (the greatest good for the greatest number)
Erotema
Loci of the Preferable
Locus of Quantity
Accident
15. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?
Aristotle
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
Unrepresentative Sample
Antithesis
16. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts
False Charge of Fallacy
(Argument from) Sign
Composition
Conceding Arguments
17. Originality - explanatory power - quantitative precision - simplicity - scope
Second
(Special Topoi for) Science
Definitional (Stasis)
Tools of Refutation
18. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides
Consistency
Arguments
Tisias
Decision Rules
19. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?
Epistrophe
Appeal to Authority
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
Sign
20. 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
Begging the Question
Formal Debate
Litotes
Claim
21. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Refutation
(Argument from) Testimony
Erotema
22. 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
Cost
Unequivocal
Agree on Commonality then refute
Hyperbole
23. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost
Stock Issues
(Argument of ) General probability
Value Hierarchies
Epanalepsis
24. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)
Charisma
Consistency
Erotema
Mercenary Scientists
25. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity
False Charge of Fallacy
Non Sequitur
Formal Logic
(Fallacy of) Accident
26. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive
Tokenism
Exergasia
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Situationally flawed
27. Opposite of anadiplosis
Blame
Epanalepsis
Enthymeme
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
28. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant
Epanalepsis
Grounds (or data)
Toulmin Model
Hasty Generalization
29. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)
Formal Logic
Status
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Tu Quoque
30. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?
Rhetoric
Accident
Appeal to Authority
Cost
31. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Corax
Begging the Question
Loci of the Preferable
32. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
Red Herring
Analogy
Turn
33. 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.
Intelligence
Hasty Generalization
Sign
Debate Resolutions
34. Opposite of Epistrophe
Anaphora
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
35. Structure repeated
Locus of Quantity
Parallelism
Stasis
Checking for Example argument
36. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas
Tools of Refutation
Checking for Sign argument
Antithesis
Grounds (or data)
37. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another
Mixed Metaphor
Sign
Metaphor
Vehicle (and) Tenor
38. Good Moral Character
Hasty Generalization
(Argument from) Sign
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
39. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'
Rhetoric
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Special Topoi
40. What vehicles and tenors share
Associated Commonplaces
Testimony
Metaphor
Non Sequitur
41. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work
Procedural (Stasis)
Hasty Generalization
Rhetoric
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
42. An argument with true premises and valid form
Hasty Generalization
Locus of Quantity
Sound
Checking for Sign argument
43. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?
Consistency
Straw Person
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
44. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the whole is true of the parts
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Ad Hominem
Division
Common Practice (Fallacy)
45. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate
Debate Resolutions
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
Euphimism
Refutation Potential
46. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C
Qualitative (Stasis)
(Fallacy of) Accident
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Hasty Generalization
47. 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'
Checking for Testimony argument
Hasty Generalization
Anadiplosis
Tu Quoque
48. 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
Tools of Refutation
Red Herring
(Argument of ) General probability
False Dichotomy
49. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins
Exergasia
Locus of Essence
Tisias
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
50. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
(Argument from) Sign
Analogy
False Charge of Fallacy