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Subject : soft-skills
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1. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument






2. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made






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






4. 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






5. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






6. 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?






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






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






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






10. Beginning repeated






11. Term with lower (negative) value






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






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






14. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






15. 'What is true in this case is true in general' or 'What is true in general is true in this case' Is a warrant for what kind of argument?






16. Understatement






17. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument






18. Term with higher (positive) value






19. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.






20. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.






21. Oppostite of Litotes






22. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






23. This is the name for fallacies that do not have another name but that involve a claim that does not follow from the premises (e.g. the evidence is not relevant or not appropriate to support the claim). Litterally translated as 'it does not follow -'






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






25. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






32. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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






34. _______ in ancient Greece spurred the need for the use of rhetoric in everyday life.






35. Ending repeated






36. The list that builds






37. If A then B B Therefore - A






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






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






40. Accepting the word of an alleged authority when we should not because the person does not have expertise on this particular issue or s/he cannot be trusted to give an unbiased opinion.






41. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity






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






43. Draws a conclusions about ONE MEMBER of a GROUP based on a general rule about all members






44. 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?






45. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






46. They stablish an arena for argumentation by defining ground for a dispute and issues of controversy. Typically - one side affirms the resolution and one side negates the resolution.






47. After this - therefore on account of this






48. Ask a rhetorical question






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






50. 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'







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