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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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






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






4. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






5. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.






6. 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






7. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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






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






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






11. Good Moral Character






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






13. Ask a rhetorical question






14. Beginning repeated






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.






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






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






23. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






24. If A then B B Therefore - A






25. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)






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






27. 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






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






29. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)






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






31. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.






32. 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?






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






34. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






36. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






37. Arguing that the conclusion of an argument must be untrue because there is a fallacy in the reasoning. (Just because the premises may not be true - does not mean that the conclusion has to be false)






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






39. Structure repeated






40. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category






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






42. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)






43. Who developed the argument from general probability?






44. 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'






45. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.






46. 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






47. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






48. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






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






50. Term with higher (positive) value