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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)






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






3. Term with lower (negative) value






4. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






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






6. 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'






7. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.






8. 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.






9. 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)






10. Usually has three parts: 1. (MP) Major Premise - unequivocal statement 2. (mP) Minor Premise - about a specific case 3. (C) Conclusion - follows necessarily from the premises






11. 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






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






13. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)






14. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






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






16. Understatement






17. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






18. 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'






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






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






21. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place






22. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?






23. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






24. beginning repeated at ending






25. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






26. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed






27. 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.






28. 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






29. 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?






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






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






32. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.






33. 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?






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






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






36. Appeals from the character of the speaker






37. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






38. Most fallacies are ____ ____; that is if the argument were to employ difference evidence - or be offered in different circumstances - it would be perfectly fine - but in the specific case in which it is identified as a fallacy - it is flawed






39. A or B Not A Therefore - B






40. Is necessary to defend the weak against the strong - Is useful and necessary to the state and the individual because you become a more thoughtful citizen and a more well-rounded person - Is useful to have the tools to recognize good arguments and def






41. 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?






42. Opposite of Anaphora






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






44. 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.






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






46. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?






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






48. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?






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






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