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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C






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






3. An argument with true premises and valid form






4. 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?






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






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






7. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?






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






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






10. 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.






11. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)






12. 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






13. Usually has three parts: 1. (MP) Major Premise - unequivocal statement 2. (mP) Minor Premise - about a specific case 3. (C) Conclusion - follows necessarily from the premises






14. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






15. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






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






17. 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






18. Exaggeration






19. Appeals from the character of the speaker






20. Did not pay Corax for sophistry lessons and was taken to court






21. 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






22. 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:






23. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.






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






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






26. The inference says that one thing is a sign of another. It's usually used in an argument that something IS. The warrant to this argument is usually in the form 'X is a sign of Y'






27. 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'






28. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






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






30. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?






31. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






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






33. 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






34. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others






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






36. 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?






37. 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






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






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






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






41. After this - therefore on account of this






42. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)






43. 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






44. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another






45. Ideas repeated






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






47. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.






48. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights






49. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






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