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Subject : soft-skills
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1. The inference reasons from meaning or lesson of a story to a claim. The warrant usually says 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth'






2. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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






4. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






5. 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






6. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth






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






8. Who developed the argument from general probability?






9. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'






10. 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.






11. 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?






12. 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?






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






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






15. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible






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






17. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






18. Term with lower (negative) value






19. 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.






20. 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






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






22. Is another variety of Hasty Generalization. It is when you reason from a sample that is not representative (typical) of the population from which it was drawn.






23. Reasoning from case to case






24. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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






26. Opposite of Anaphora






27. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






28. Deliberate correction






29. 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






30. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






32. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner






33. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






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






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






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






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






39. Is a variety of questionable cause; it is when you conclude that something cause dsomething else just because the second thing came after it; literally translated as 'after this - therefore on account of this'






40. Good Moral Character






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






42. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






43. Appeals from the character of the speaker






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






45. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






46. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






47. Exaggeration






48. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






49. Opposite of Hyperbole






50. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'







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