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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Opposite of Epistrophe






2. Who developed the argument from general probability?






3. 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






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






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






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






7. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.






8. 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.






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






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






11. Arguing that one thing caused another without sufficient evidence of a causal relationship.






12. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?






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






14. '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?






15. beginning repeated at ending






16. A or B Not A Therefore - B






17. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?






18. Good Moral Character






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






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






21. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






22. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






23. 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






24. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?






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






26. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






27. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.






28. An argument with true premises and valid form






29. 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






30. Oppostite of Litotes






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






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






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






34. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






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






36. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?






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






38. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






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






40. 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






41. Exaggeration






42. 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






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






44. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal






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






46. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C






47. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument






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






49. 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






50. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place