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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?






2. 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.






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






4. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties






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






6. Value Hierarchy Visualization






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






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






9. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






10. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






11. 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?






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






13. 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






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






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






16. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show






17. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






18. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'






19. Circular Reasoning






20. 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)






21. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






22. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






23. Beginning repeated






24. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)






25. Appeals from the character of the speaker






26. What vehicles and tenors share






27. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument






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






29. 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






30. Opposite of Hyperbole






31. Obligation of the arguer advocating change to overcome the presumption through argument






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






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






34. Term with lower (negative) value






35. 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






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






37. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal






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






39. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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






41. Arguing without evidence that a given event is the first of a series of steps that will inevitably lead to some outcome.






42. Deliberate correction






43. Fallacious argument from specific to general without sufficient evidence - Draws a conclusion about all the members of a group based on the knowledge of some members






44. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)






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






46. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?






47. 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






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






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






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