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Public Debating

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






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






3. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.






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






5. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry






6. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






7. 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.






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






9. 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






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






11. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?






12. Defending something by pointing out that your opponent did it as well. Also called 'two wrongs make a right'; this is literally translated as 'thou also'






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






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






15. 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'






16. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






17. Understatement






18. Deliberate correction






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






20. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






21. 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






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






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






24. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?






25. Good Moral Character






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






27. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed






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






29. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.






30. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show






31. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






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






33. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective






34. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






35. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






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






37. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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






39. An argument with true premises and valid form






40. 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.






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






42. Ideas repeated






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






44. Is another variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that this is the way things have always been done






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






46. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)






47. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?






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






49. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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