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1. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.
Personification
Structural (inherency)
Parallelism
Isocrates
2. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.
Simile
Decorum
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Situationally flawed
3. 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 -'
Aristotle
Small Sample
Non Sequitur
Antithesis
4. Arguing that one thing caused another without sufficient evidence of a causal relationship.
Questionable Cause
Hyperbole
(Special Topoi for) Science
Small Sample
5. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'
Prolepsis
(Special Topoi for) Science
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Gorgias
6. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike
(Argument from) Cause
Structural (inherency)
Plato
Questionable Analogy
7. If A then B Not B Therefore not A
Rhetoric
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
Modus Tollens
Toulmin Model
8. 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?
Composition
Checking for Analogy argument
Syllogism
Ambiguity
9. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction
Argument
Grounds (or data)
Categorical (Syllogism)
Mixed Metaphor
10. Understatement
Antithesis
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Litotes
Blame
11. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?
Intelligence
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Cost
Manufactroversy
12. _____ thought that rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion
Aristotle
(Argument from) Cause
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Non Sequitur
13. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
Sophist
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Refutation
14. Arguing that the conclusion of an argument must be untrue because there is a fallacy in the reasoning. (Just because the premises may not be true - does not mean that the conclusion has to be false)
Euphimism
Turn
Fallacy Fallacy
Protagoras
15. 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:
Antithesis
Blame
Unequivocal
Attitudinal (inherency)
16. 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
Tokenism
Attitudinal (inherency)
Categorical (Syllogism)
Rhetoric
17. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
False Charge of Fallacy
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Simile
18. Opposite of Epistrophe
Term I/Term II
Litotes
False Charge of Fallacy
Anaphora
19. 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.
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Claim
Red Herring
Disassociation of Concepts
20. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.
Term I/Term II
Anadiplosis
Formal Debate
Litotes
21. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?
Gorgias
Composition
Second
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
22. 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'
Anadiplosis
(Argument from) Sign
Ethos
Protagoras
23. Good Moral Character
Euphimism
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
Accident
Sign
24. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate
(Argument of ) General probability
Testimony
Euphimism
(Argument from) Cause
25. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal
Exergasia
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Ad Populum
Archetypal (Metaphor)
26. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the parts is true of the whole
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Consistency
Parallelism
Composition
27. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones
Good Will (Ethos)
Euphimism
Status
Rhetoric
28. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)
Rhetoric
Enthymeme
Anaphora
Good Moral Character
29. 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'
Intelligence
Isocrates
Litotes
Tu Quoque
30. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience
Qualitative (Stasis)
Unequivocal
Locus of Existence
Good Will (Ethos)
31. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument
Valid
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Composition
Corax
32. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.
Archetypal (Metaphor)
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Exergasia
Second (or) Third
33. '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?
Equivocation
Example
False Charge of Fallacy
Intelligence
34. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
Sign
Refutation Potential
Mixed Metaphor
35. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture
Equivocation
Modus Ponens
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Example
36. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made
Rhetoric
Appeal to Authority
False Dichotomy
Charisma
37. 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?
Red Herring
Tools of Refutation
Checking for Example argument
Decorum
38. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.
Hasty Generalization
Checking for Narrative argument
Gorgias
Argument
39. 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
Anadiplosis
Red Herring
Grounds (or data)
Modus Ponens
40. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)
Parallelism
Locus of Quality
Value Hierarchies
Procedural (Stasis)
41. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest
Ad Populum
Special Topoi
Locus of Quality
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
42. 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
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
(Argument from) Testimony
Agree on Commonality then refute
Emotionally Charged (Language)
43. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read
Appeal to Ignorance
Status
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Correctio
44. An argument that follows proper logical form
Anaphora
Agree on Commonality then refute
Tools of Refutation
Valid
45. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Straw Person
Stock Issues
Questionable Cause
46. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.
First
Non Sequitur
Appeal to Ignorance
Debate Resolutions
47. 1. Applying the tests of reasoning to show weaknesses in arguments and develop counterarguments 2. Accusing opponent of using fallacious reasoning 3. Pointing out a flawed metaphor 4. Discrediting the ethos of opponent 5. Pointing out flawed statisti
Example
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Tools of Refutation
Exergasia
48. 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.
Anaphora
Situationally flawed
Debate Resolutions
Charisma
49. These seats or commonplaces of argument suggest inferences that arguers might make that are based on the habits of thought and value hierarchies that everyone shares
Loci of the Preferable
Testimony
Categorical (Syllogism)
Corax
50. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____
Ad Hominem
Refutation Potential
Tu Quoque
Definitional (Stasis)