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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






4. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






5. 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)






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






7. 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?






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






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






10. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






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






13. 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth' is a warrant for what arg?






14. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






15. Beginning repeated






16. 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






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






18. 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.






19. Reasoning from case to case






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






21. 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






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






23. A or B Not A Therefore - B






24. Opposite of Epanalepsis






25. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






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






27. 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'






28. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






29. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner






30. After this - therefore on account of this






31. 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 -'






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






33. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






34. Ask a rhetorical question






35. 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'






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






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






38. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






39. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.






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






46. Exaggeration






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






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






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






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