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Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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






2. Is a variety of Hasty Generalization; it is when you draw conclusions about a population on the basis of a sample that is too small to be a reliable measure of that population






3. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






4. Ideas repeated






5. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






6. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity






7. 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.






8. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






9. Usually has three parts: 1. (MP) Major Premise - unequivocal statement 2. (mP) Minor Premise - about a specific case 3. (C) Conclusion - follows necessarily from the premises






10. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






11. Arguing without evidence that a given event is the first of a series of steps that will inevitably lead to some outcome.






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






13. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C






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)






15. 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'






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






17. Based on the setting - which dictates the ____ ____ used to determine who has won the debate - E.g. Academic Policy Debate: stock issues Criminal Court Case: beyond a reasonable doubt Civil Courtroom: preponderance of evidence This Classroom: were yo






18. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?






19. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words - phrases - or clauses






20. 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?






21. 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






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'






23. 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






24. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.






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






26. 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.






27. 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






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






29. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






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






31. Beginning repeated






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






33. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)






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






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






36. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






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






38. 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'






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






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






41. Opposite of Hyperbole






42. If A then B B Therefore - A






43. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






44. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner






45. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C






46. 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?






47. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






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






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






50. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.







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