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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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






2. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






3. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties






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






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






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






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






8. Appeals from the character of the speaker






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






10. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.






11. 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.






12. Concerns new policy being proposed that will remedy the ill outlined and the inherent factors.






13. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)






14. The list that builds






15. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives






16. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






17. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones






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






19. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____






20. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






21. Opposite of anadiplosis






22. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






23. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?






24. If A then B B Therefore - A






25. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






26. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')






27. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest






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






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






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






31. A or B Not A Therefore - B






32. 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 -'






33. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture






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






35. Understatement






36. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






37. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'






38. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)






39. 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.






40. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






42. Opposite of Epistrophe






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






44. Beginning repeated






45. What vehicles and tenors share






46. Metaphors use ____ and ____






47. 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






48. 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?






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






50. 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'