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Subject : soft-skills
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1. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






2. 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






3. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






4. What vehicles and tenors share






5. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)






6. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






8. 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






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






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






11. Term with higher (positive) value






12. 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






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






14. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'






15. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






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






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






19. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.






20. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






21. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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. Good Moral Character






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






30. 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'






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






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






33. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?






34. 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?






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






36. The inference reasons that what a trustworthy source says is true. The warrant to this argument usually says - 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true'






37. Opposite of Epanalepsis






38. 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'






39. The list that builds






40. The inference says that one thing is a sign of another. It's usually used in an argument that something IS. The warrant to this argument is usually in the form 'X is a sign of Y'






41. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)






42. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






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






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






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






46. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____






47. 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






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






49. 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'






50. Is a variety of Hasty Generalization; it is when you draw conclusions about a population on the basis of a sample that is too small to be a reliable measure of that population