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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Reasoning from case to case






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






3. Beginning repeated






4. If A then B B Therefore - A






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






6. 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 -'






7. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






8. 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






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






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






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






12. Value Hierarchy Visualization






13. Arguing without evidence that a given event is the first of a series of steps that will inevitably lead to some outcome.






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'






15. Does one thing really cause the other - or are they merely correlated? Is there another larger cause or series of causes that better explains the effect?






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






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






18. A manufactured controversy that is motivated by profit or extreme ideology to intentionally create confusion in the public about an issue of scientific fact that is not in dispute by the scientific community. Used to stop debate at the conjectural le






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






20. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






21. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other






22. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.






23. 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'






24. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words - phrases - or clauses






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






26. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






27. If A then B A Therefore B






28. 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






29. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






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






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






32. 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






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






34. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






35. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.






36. 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






37. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C






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






39. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






40. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.






41. 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?






42. beginning repeated at ending






43. 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.






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






45. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?






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






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






48. Ideas repeated






49. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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