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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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'






2. Misrepresenting an opponent's position as more extreme than it really is and then attacking that version - or attacking a weaker opponent while ignoring a stronger one.






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






4. If A then B A Therefore B






5. 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






6. _______ in ancient Greece spurred the need for the use of rhetoric in everyday life.






7. After this - therefore on account of this






8. Values more over less in terms of quantitative outcomes (the greatest good for the greatest number)






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






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






11. Attempts to assign responsibility for the existence of the ill to the current system. Needs to connect the ill to the policy in order for it to be changed. Must Have: 1. Structural Inherency: bad structure/lack of structure 2. Attitudinal Inherency:






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






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






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






15. Value Hierarchy Visualization






16. 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






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






18. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






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






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






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






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






23. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?






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






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






26. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?






27. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






28. Metaphors use ____ and ____






29. beginning repeated at ending






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






31. 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






32. Ask a rhetorical question






33. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?






34. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






35. The inference reasons from meaning or lesson of a story to a claim. The warrant usually says 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth'






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






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






38. 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'






39. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______






40. Most fallacies are ____ ____; that is if the argument were to employ difference evidence - or be offered in different circumstances - it would be perfectly fine - but in the specific case in which it is identified as a fallacy - it is flawed






41. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')






42. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.






43. 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






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






45. Based on the setting - which dictates the ____ ____ used to determine who has won the debate - E.g. Academic Policy Debate: stock issues Criminal Court Case: beyond a reasonable doubt Civil Courtroom: preponderance of evidence This Classroom: were yo






46. What vehicles and tenors share






47. Opposite of Epanalepsis






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






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






50. 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.







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