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Subject : soft-skills
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1. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






2. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts






3. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






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






5. Is the source qualified to say what is being said? Is she or he in a position to know this information? Does the testimony represent what the authority really meant to say? Is the source relatively unbiased and recent?






6. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






7. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed






8. If A then B A Therefore B






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






10. 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






11. Exaggeration






12. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






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






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






15. 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






16. 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.






17. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






18. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument






19. Opposite of Anaphora






20. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






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






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






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






25. 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'






26. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.






27. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






28. 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'






29. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______






30. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






35. Opposite of Epanalepsis






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






37. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?






38. 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.






39. An argument that follows proper logical form






40. 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






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






42. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






43. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument






44. Metaphors use ____ and ____






45. Ideas repeated






46. The inference compares two similar things - saying that since they are alike in some respects - they are alike in another respect. It can be a figurative analogy or a literal analogy. The warrant usually reads: 'if two things are alike in most respec






47. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'






48. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






49. Term with higher (positive) value






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







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