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Public Debating
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1. Opposite of anadiplosis
Epanalepsis
Anaphora
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
Composition
2. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?
(Argument from) Sign
Erotema
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Cliche
3. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?
Fallacy Fallacy
Equivocation
Loci of the Preferable
Second (or) Third
4. Term with higher (positive) value
(Fallacy of) Accident
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Conjectural (Stasis)
Hyperbole
5. Reasoning from case to case
Second (or) Third
Analogy
Composition
Composition
6. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable
Tools of Refutation
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
Term I/Term II
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
7. Set two things in opposition
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Hyperbole
Gorgias
Antithesis
8. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth
Deductive Reasoning
(Argument of ) General probability
Definitional (Stasis)
Attitudinal (inherency)
9. 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
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Decision Rules
Categorical (Syllogism)
(Argument from) Narrative
10. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.
Burden of Rejoinder
Informal Debate
Arguments
Shifting the Burden of Proof
11. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.
Anadiplosis
Hyperbole
Small Sample
Rhetoric
12. 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?
Associated Commonplaces
Checking for Narrative argument
Small Sample
Checking for Example argument
13. Opposite of Hyperbole
Associated Commonplaces
Litotes
Division
False Dichotomy
14. 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'
Tu Quoque
Attitudinal (inherency)
Syllogism
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
15. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____
Qualitative (Stasis)
Example
Questionable Cause
Tu Quoque
16. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Formal Debate
Litotes
Second (or) Third
17. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?
Equivocation
Checking for Analogy argument
Anadiplosis
Burden of proof
18. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument
Testimony
Intelligence
Refutation
(Argument from) Cause
19. Obligation of the arguer advocating change to overcome the presumption through argument
Ambiguity
Anaphora
Parallelism
Burden of proof
20. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category
Antithesis
False Charge of Fallacy
Structural (inherency)
Non Sequitur
21. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant
Sophist
Refutation Potential
Toulmin Model
Hasty Generalization
22. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives
Cliche
Arguments
Modus Tollens
Direct Refutation
23. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.
Accident
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Hasty Generalization
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
24. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
Epistrophe
First
Begging the Question
25. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.
Argument
Checking for Testimony argument
Rhetoric
Protagoras
26. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.
Composition
Qualitative (Stasis)
Categorical (Syllogism)
Consistency
27. Can the sign be found without the thing for which it stands? Is an alternative explanation of the maning of the sign more credible? Are there countering signs that indicate that his one sign is false?
Agree on Commonality then refute
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
Valid
Checking for Sign argument
28. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective
Attitudinal (inherency)
Protagoras
Tools of Refutation
Checking for Narrative argument
29. Opposite of Epistrophe
Conjectural (Stasis)
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
Anaphora
30. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Value-Oriented Arguments
Claim
Incrementum
31. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____
Appeal to Ignorance
Direct Refutation
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
Rhetoric
32. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.
Structural (inherency)
Attitudinal (inherency)
Fallacy Fallacy
Appeal to Ignorance
33. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?
Sign
Composition
(Argument from) Testimony
Appeal to Authority
34. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)
Conjectural (Stasis)
Sign
Definitional (Stasis)
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
35. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.
Appeal to Ignorance
Parallelism
Procedural (Stasis)
Term I/Term II
36. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy
Tu Quoque
Good Will (Ethos)
Mercenary Scientists
Epistrophe
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
Toulmin Model
Anadiplosis
Hasty Generalization
Direct Refutation
38. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible
Cliche
Unsound
(Argument of ) General probability
Locus of Existence
39. Value Hierarchy Visualization
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Term I/Term II
Formal Debate
Division
40. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?
Incrementum
Burden of Rejoinder
Ill
Second
41. 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
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Tools of Refutation
Aristotle
Hasty Generalization
42. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner
Parallelism
(Fallacy of) Accident
Disassociation of Concepts
Fallacy Fallacy
43. 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
Epanalepsis
(Argument by) Analogy
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Red Herring
44. 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.
Loci of the Preferable
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Disassociation of Concepts
Special Topoi
45. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others
Conceding Arguments
Sound
Decorum
Equivocation
46. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'
Erotema
Epistrophe
(Argument from) Testimony
Mercenary Scientists
47. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?
Checking for Narrative argument
Value Hierarchies
Prolepsis
(Argument of ) General probability
48. 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
Formal Debate
Metaphor
Situationally flawed
Hyperbole
49. 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
Debate Resolutions
Erotema
Syllogism
Checking for Sign argument
50. Originality - explanatory power - quantitative precision - simplicity - scope
(Special Topoi for) Science
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Sign