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1. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive
Procedural (Stasis)
Tokenism
Non Sequitur
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
2. 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
Manufactroversy
Enthymeme
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
Checking for Sign argument
3. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the whole is true of the parts
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
False Dichotomy
Division
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
4. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____
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5. 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
Rhetoric
Correctio
(Argument by) Analogy
Refutation Potential
6. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.
Protagoras
Formal Logic
Non Sequitur
Appeal to Ignorance
7. Opposite of Hyperbole
Presumption
Litotes
Locus of Quantity
Formal Logic
8. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read
Correctio
Decorum
Turn
Charisma
9. An argument with true premises and valid form
Rhetoric
Sign
Sound
Modus Ponens
10. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?
Appeal to Authority
Prolepsis
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Analogy
11. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C
Refutation Potential
Appeal to Ignorance
Good Moral Character
Categorical (Syllogism)
12. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.
Value Hierarchies
Locus of Quality
Composition
Hasty Generalization
13. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work
Rhetoric
Blame
Appeal to Ignorance
Disassociation of Concepts
14. 'What is true in this case is true in general' or 'What is true in general is true in this case' Is a warrant for what kind of argument?
Personification
Example
(Argument by) Analogy
Epistrophe
15. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another
Categorical (Syllogism)
Metaphor
Refutation Strategies
Checking for Testimony argument
16. 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:
Debate Resolutions
Incrementum
Enthymeme
Blame
17. Ending repeated
Rhetoric
Epistrophe
Euphimism
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
18. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?
Example
Conceding Arguments
Testimony
Questionable Cause
19. Appeals from the character of the speaker
Anadiplosis
Personification
Ethos
Popular Democracy
20. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.
Sign
Burden of Rejoinder
Arguments
Erotema
21. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.
Intelligence
Composition
Decorum
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
22. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)
Sign
Conjectural (Stasis)
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Fallacy Fallacy
23. After this - therefore on account of this
Epanalepsis
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Appeal to Ignorance
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
24. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'
Definitional (Stasis)
Sign
Commonplaces
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
25. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)
Formal Debate
Anadiplosis
Locus of Quality
Metaphor
26. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings
Erotema
Ambiguity
Debate Resolutions
Ill
27. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?
Consistency
Antithesis
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Checking for Narrative argument
28. 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?
Checking for Cause argement
Value Hierarchies
Checking for Sign argument
Procedural (Stasis)
29. Value Hierarchy Visualization
Cure
Example
Term I/Term II
Burden of Rejoinder
30. Oppostite of Litotes
Epanalepsis
Checking for Narrative argument
Division
Hyperbole
31. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success
Correctio
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Incrementum
32. 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
Conceding Arguments
Value Hierarchies
Agree on Commonality then refute
Rhetoric
33. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction
Decision Rules
Argument
Division
Simile
34. Circular Reasoning
Begging the Question
Ill
(Argument from) Testimony
(Argument from) Narrative
35. Ask a rhetorical question
Erotema
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Ambiguity
Hasty Generalization
36. 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
Aristotle
Exergasia
Burden of proof
Hasty Generalization
37. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.
Anaphora
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Example
Isocrates
38. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor
Loci of the Preferable
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
Prolepsis
Commonplaces
39. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?
Direct Refutation
Value-Oriented Arguments
Appeal to Ignorance
Hyperbole
40. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience
Ill
Aristotle
Good Will (Ethos)
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
41. Is a variation of the non sequiter; it is when the irrelevant reason is meant to divert the attention of the audience from the real issue
Red Herring
Ill
Begging the Question
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
42. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another
Anadiplosis
Testimony
Good Will (Ethos)
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
43. 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 -'
Tisias
Non Sequitur
Hyperbole
Enthymeme
44. Structure repeated
Refutation Potential
Parallelism
Decision Rules
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
45. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry
Sophist
Appeal to Ignorance
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Antithesis
46. Term with higher (positive) value
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Analogy
Refutation Strategies
Burden of Rejoinder
47. Concerns new policy being proposed that will remedy the ill outlined and the inherent factors.
(Argument from) Cause
Metaphor
Cure
Locus of Quantity
48. 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.
(Special Topoi for) Science
Hasty Generalization
Disassociation of Concepts
Structural (inherency)
49. 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'
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Parallelism
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
50. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.
Non Sequitur
Litotes
Consistency
Parallelism