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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry






2. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C






3. 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth' is a warrant for what arg?






4. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?






5. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)






6. If A then B B Therefore - A






7. Exaggeration






8. 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






9. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)






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






11. These seats or commonplaces of argument suggest inferences that arguers might make that are based on the habits of thought and value hierarchies that everyone shares






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?






13. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made






14. Term with lower (negative) value






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






16. 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:






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






18. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides






19. 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.






20. 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






21. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?






22. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.






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






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






25. 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.






26. Good Moral Character






27. Set two things in opposition






28. beginning repeated at ending






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






30. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?






31. Who developed the argument from general probability?






32. Term with higher (positive) value






33. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






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






35. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






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






37. 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






38. Are there enough examples to prove that point? Are the examples skewed toward one type of thing? Are the examples unambiguous? Could it be that the connection of general and specific doesn't hold in this case?






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






40. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






41. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






43. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






45. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






46. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.






47. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue






48. The inference moves from specific to general or from general to specific. The warrant to this argument usually reads 'what is true in this case is true in general' or 'what is true in general is true in this case'






49. 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.






50. If A then B Not A Therefore not B