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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. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'






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






4. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)






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






6. 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






7. Opposite of Anaphora






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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






14. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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






16. Assuming as a premise some form of the very point that is at issue - the very conclusion we intend to prove. Also called circular reasoning.






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






18. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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






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






21. 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.






22. Circular Reasoning






23. 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?






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






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






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






27. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)






28. Structure repeated






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






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






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






32. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.






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






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






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






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






37. 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?






38. 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'






39. 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'






40. beginning repeated at ending






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






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






43. Good Moral Character






44. Appeals from the character of the speaker






45. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






46. Ending repeated






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






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






49. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'






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