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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____






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

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3. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






4. What is 'at issue' in a controversy; the place where two sides of an argument come into conflict; the clash between arguments.






5. Good Moral Character






6. Based on the setting - which dictates the ____ ____ used to determine who has won the debate - E.g. Academic Policy Debate: stock issues Criminal Court Case: beyond a reasonable doubt Civil Courtroom: preponderance of evidence This Classroom: were yo






7. Understatement






8. A or B Not A Therefore - B






9. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth






10. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.






11. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






12. 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






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






14. Draws a conclusion about the PARTS of an ENTITY based on knowledge about the whole entity.






15. What vehicles and tenors share






16. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






17. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)






18. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.






19. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change






20. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible






21. 1. Applying the tests of reasoning to show weaknesses in arguments and develop counterarguments 2. Accusing opponent of using fallacious reasoning 3. Pointing out a flawed metaphor 4. Discrediting the ethos of opponent 5. Pointing out flawed statisti






22. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C






23. 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.






24. 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:






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






26. 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?






27. 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






28. Oppostite of Litotes






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






30. 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






31. Deliberate correction






32. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






33. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






34. All A are B -X is A - therefore - X is B OR All A are B - all B are C - therefore - all A are C OR All A are B - all C are A - therefore - all C are B






35. After this - therefore on account of this






36. 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






37. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category






38. Set two things in opposition






39. 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?






40. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.






41. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






42. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry






43. 'What is true in this case is true in general' or 'What is true in general is true in this case' Is a warrant for what kind of argument?






44. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?






45. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'






46. 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)






47. An irrelevant attack on an opponent rather than on the opponent's evidence or arguments; this is literally translated as an argument 'to the person'






48. 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






49. Values more over less in terms of quantitative outcomes (the greatest good for the greatest number)






50. 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'