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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'






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






3. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.






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






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






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






7. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






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






9. Value Hierarchy Visualization






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






11. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?






12. 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?






13. 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?






14. 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






15. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






16. 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






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






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

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






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






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






22. Beginning repeated






23. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






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






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






26. Exaggeration






27. 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.






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






29. Oppostite of Litotes






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






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






32. Is a variation of the non sequiter; it is when the irrelevant reason is meant to divert the attention of the audience from the real issue






33. Opposite of Anaphora






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






35. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






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






38. '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?






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






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






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






42. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change






43. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






44. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






45. 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 -'






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






47. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture






48. 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.






49. Opposite of Epanalepsis






50. An argument that follows proper logical form