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Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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






2. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity






3. 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)






4. 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






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






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






7. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?






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






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






10. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.






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






12. 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'






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






14. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike






15. 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






16. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






17. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?






18. Is a variation of Appeal to Ignorance. It is when you accept an argument that the presumption lies with one side and the other side has the burden of proving its case when the reverse is actually true






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






20. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






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






22. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






24. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






25. If A then B A Therefore B






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






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






28. Deliberate correction






29. Opposite of Hyperbole






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






31. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






32. _____ thought that rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion






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






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






35. The inference moves from specific to general or from general to specific. The warrant to this argument usually reads 'what is true in this case is true in general' or 'what is true in general is true in this case'






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






37. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?






38. An irrelevant attack on an opponent rather than on the opponent's evidence or arguments; this is literally translated as an argument 'to the person'






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






40. Is another variety of Hasty Generalization. It is when you reason from a sample that is not representative (typical) of the population from which it was drawn.






41. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.






42. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)






43. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights






44. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?






45. 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






46. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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






48. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






49. Opposite of Epanalepsis






50. beginning repeated at ending







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