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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






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






3. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






4. 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






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






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






7. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






8. 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?






9. 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






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






11. Term with higher (positive) value






12. Value Hierarchy Visualization






13. 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'






14. Opposite of Epanalepsis






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






16. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.






17. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike






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






26. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






27. 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'






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






29. 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'






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






31. Reasoning from case to case






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






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






34. 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






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






36. Good Moral Character






37. Exaggeration






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






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






40. 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






41. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins






42. These seats or commonplaces of argument suggest inferences that arguers might make that are based on the habits of thought and value hierarchies that everyone shares






43. beginning repeated at ending






44. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.






45. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






46. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






47. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






48. Structure repeated






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






50. Opposite of Hyperbole