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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Assuming as a premise some form of the very point that is at issue - the very conclusion we intend to prove. Also called circular reasoning.






2. 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






3. Concerns new policy being proposed that will remedy the ill outlined and the inherent factors.






4. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






5. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)






6. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






7. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






8. 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'






9. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?






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






11. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings






12. 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






13. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






14. 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






15. _____ thought that rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion






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






17. Focuses on inadequacies or problems in the status quo - must be significant if a change is to be made. Must Have: 1. Quantitative significance: affects lots of people 2. Qualitative significance: is of bad quality






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






19. What vehicles and tenors share






20. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






22. An argument that follows proper logical form






23. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






24. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






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






26. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.






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






28. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






29. Ideas repeated






30. The inference moves from cause to effect or effect to cause - arguing that something is the direct result of something else. The warrant to this argument is usually formatted as: 'X is a form of Y'






31. 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






32. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






33. What is 'at issue' in a controversy; the place where two sides of an argument come into conflict; the clash between arguments.






34. 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?






35. Structure repeated






36. 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?






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






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






39. Ending repeated






40. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success






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






42. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






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






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






45. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______






46. Good Moral Character






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






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






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






50. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective