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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity






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






3. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. The inference moves from cause to effect or effect to cause - arguing that something is the direct result of something else. The warrant to this argument is usually formatted as: 'X is a form of Y'






9. Set two things in opposition






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






11. 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?






12. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






13. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?






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






15. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives






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






17. Ask a rhetorical question






18. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






19. 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






20. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






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






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






23. 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?






24. The inference compares two similar things - saying that since they are alike in some respects - they are alike in another respect. It can be a figurative analogy or a literal analogy. The warrant usually reads: 'if two things are alike in most respec






25. Is a variety of Hasty Generalization; it is when you draw conclusions about a population on the basis of a sample that is too small to be a reliable measure of that population






26. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C






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






28. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words - phrases - or clauses






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






30. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






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






32. If A then B A Therefore B






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






34. If A then B B Therefore - A






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






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






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






38. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C






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






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. 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.






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






43. Opposite of Epanalepsis






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






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

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46. Beginning repeated






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






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






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






50. 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.