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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change
Presumption
Non Sequitur
Categorical (Syllogism)
Litotes
2. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?
Epistrophe
Epistrophe
Rhetoric
Ill
3. 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
Simile
Arguments
Mixed Metaphor
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
4. If A then B Not A Therefore not B
Composition
Attitudinal (inherency)
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Warrant
5. If A then B Not B Therefore not A
Turn
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Modus Tollens
Hyperbole
6. Is a variation of Appeal to Ignorance. It is when you accept an argument that the presumption lies with one side and the other side has the burden of proving its case when the reverse is actually true
Non Sequitur
Shifting the Burden of Proof
False Dichotomy
Modus Ponens
7. Opposite of anadiplosis
Sound
Qualitative (Stasis)
(Argument by) Example
Epanalepsis
8. If A then B B Therefore - A
Epistrophe
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
(Argument from) Cause
Turn
9. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides
Tools of Refutation
Unsound
Arguments
Correctio
10. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
Value-Oriented Arguments
Example
Correctio
11. Circular Reasoning
Composition
Modus Tollens
Begging the Question
Shifting the Burden of Proof
12. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones
Rhetoric
Modus Ponens
Corax
Epistrophe
13. Term with lower (negative) value
Popular Democracy
Anaphora
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Example
14. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue
Erotema
Refutation
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Warrant
15. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts
Composition
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Attitudinal (inherency)
Analogy
16. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.
Claim
Analogy
Anadiplosis
Modus Ponens
17. 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.
Tu Quoque
Unrepresentative Sample
Valid
False Charge of Fallacy
18. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Gorgias
Appeal to Ignorance
Non Sequitur
19. Ending repeated
Valid
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Mixed Metaphor
Epistrophe
20. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?
Ad Populum
Appeal to Authority
Good Moral Character
Isocrates
21. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Exergasia
Emotionally Charged (Language)
(Special Topoi for) Science
22. 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
Rhetoric
Manufactroversy
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
23. What is 'at issue' in a controversy; the place where two sides of an argument come into conflict; the clash between arguments.
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Questionable Analogy
Unequivocal
Stasis
24. 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.
Burden of Rejoinder
Debate Resolutions
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Attitudinal (inherency)
25. Deliberate correction
Begging the Question
(Argument from) Sign
Correctio
Deductive Reasoning
26. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?
Arguments
Analogy
Stock Issues
Appeal to Authority
27. A or B Not A Therefore - B
Anadiplosis
Second (or) Third
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Correctio
28. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike
Formal Logic
Value Hierarchies
Questionable Analogy
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
29. 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 Narrative argument
Modus Ponens
Tu Quoque
Questionable Cause
30. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C
Charisma
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
Antithesis
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
31. 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.
Epanalepsis
Unequivocal
Disassociation of Concepts
Quantitative (significance)
32. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights
Erotema
Hyperbole
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
Consistency
33. 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.
Protagoras
Loci of the Preferable
Appeal to Authority
Division
34. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive
Burden of proof
Begging the Question
Tokenism
Tools of Refutation
35. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'
Gorgias
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
Tisias
Plato
36. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other
Begging the Question
Mixed Metaphor
Appeal to Ignorance
Appeal to Authority
37. Reasoning from case to case
Valid
Analogy
Loci of the Preferable
Anaphora
38. 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
Red Herring
Refutation Potential
Burden of Rejoinder
Cliche
39. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another
Antithesis
Metaphor
Popular Democracy
Ad Populum
40. Focuses on inadequacies or problems in the status quo - must be significant if a change is to be made. Must Have: 1. Quantitative significance: affects lots of people 2. Qualitative significance: is of bad quality
Sound
Rhetoric
Ill
Toulmin Model
41. 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:
Equivocation
Informal Debate
Blame
Consistency
42. 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'
Formal Logic
Debate Resolutions
(Argument from) Testimony
Commonplaces
43. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'
Commonplaces
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Stock Issues
Erotema
44. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.
Value Hierarchies
Definitional (Stasis)
Qualitative (Stasis)
Ad Populum
45. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?
Red Herring
Situationally flawed
Tools of Refutation
Cost
46. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
Arguments
Term I/Term II
Locus of Quantity
47. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.
Fallacies
Good Will (Ethos)
Enthymeme
Associated Commonplaces
48. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.
Isocrates
Division
Epanalepsis
Example
49. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing
Rhetoric
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
(Fallacy of) Accident
Personification
50. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others
Conceding Arguments
Composition
Ambiguity
Red Herring