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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success






2. Ideas repeated






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






5. Structure repeated






6. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue






7. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






8. 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'






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






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






11. Understatement






12. Opposite of anadiplosis






13. 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






14. Is the source qualified to say what is being said? Is she or he in a position to know this information? Does the testimony represent what the authority really meant to say? Is the source relatively unbiased and recent?






15. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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






17. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?






18. 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.






19. 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?






20. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?






21. Is necessary to defend the weak against the strong - Is useful and necessary to the state and the individual because you become a more thoughtful citizen and a more well-rounded person - Is useful to have the tools to recognize good arguments and def






22. 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






23. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)






24. 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'






25. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.






26. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






27. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.






28. 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






29. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides






30. Oppostite of Litotes






31. Metaphors use ____ and ____






32. Opposite of Epanalepsis






33. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture






34. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)






35. 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






36. Beginning repeated






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






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






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






40. 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 -'






41. Originality - explanatory power - quantitative precision - simplicity - scope






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






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






44. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






45. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?






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






47. Opposite of Anaphora






48. Draws a conclusion about the PARTS of an ENTITY based on knowledge about the whole entity.






49. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






50. Can the sign be found without the thing for which it stands? Is an alternative explanation of the maning of the sign more credible? Are there countering signs that indicate that his one sign is false?