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Subject : soft-skills
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1. Opposite of Anaphora






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






3. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






4. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






5. Term with lower (negative) value






6. 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






7. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






9. Is another variety of Hasty Generalization. It is when you reason from a sample that is not representative (typical) of the population from which it was drawn.






10. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)






11. 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.






12. 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:






13. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike






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






15. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






16. Who developed the argument from general probability?






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






18. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






19. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place






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






21. Fallacious argument from specific to general without sufficient evidence - Draws a conclusion about all the members of a group based on the knowledge of some members






22. Deliberate correction






23. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?






24. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






25. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






27. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show






28. Originality - explanatory power - quantitative precision - simplicity - scope






29. Is a variety of questionable cause; it is when you conclude that something cause dsomething else just because the second thing came after it; literally translated as 'after this - therefore on account of this'






30. Opposite of Hyperbole






31. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






32. If A then B B Therefore - A






33. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.






34. The inference reasons from meaning or lesson of a story to a claim. The warrant usually says 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth'






35. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others






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


37. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings






38. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.






39. 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.






40. Reasoning from case to case






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






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






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






44. Can the sign be found without the thing for which it stands? Is an alternative explanation of the maning of the sign more credible? Are there countering signs that indicate that his one sign is false?






45. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument






46. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






47. Opposite of Epanalepsis






48. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.






49. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)






50. Is a variety of Hasty Generalization; it is when you draw conclusions about a population on the basis of a sample that is too small to be a reliable measure of that population