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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.






2. 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 -'






3. The inference reasons that what a trustworthy source says is true. The warrant to this argument usually says - 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true'






4. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C






5. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






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






7. The list that builds






8. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






9. 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.






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






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






12. Ask a rhetorical question






13. 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:






14. Values more over less in terms of quantitative outcomes (the greatest good for the greatest number)






15. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?






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






17. Originality - explanatory power - quantitative precision - simplicity - scope






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






19. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






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






25. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity






26. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






27. Opposite of anadiplosis






28. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






29. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






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






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






32. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






33. 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.






34. Opposite of Epistrophe






35. Structure repeated






36. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






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






38. Good Moral Character






39. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'






40. What vehicles and tenors share






41. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






42. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






44. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the whole is true of the parts






45. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate






46. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C






47. 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'






48. Is a variation of the non sequiter; it is when the irrelevant reason is meant to divert the attention of the audience from the real issue






49. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins






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