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Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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.






2. '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?






3. 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?






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






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






6. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






7. 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






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






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






10. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






11. Opposite of Anaphora






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






13. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others






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






15. The inference moves from cause to effect or effect to cause - arguing that something is the direct result of something else. The warrant to this argument is usually formatted as: 'X is a form of Y'






16. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.






17. 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






18. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts






19. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






20. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______






21. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






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






23. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success






24. Circular Reasoning






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






26. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?






27. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C






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






29. 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)






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






31. 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?






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






33. Opposite of Epanalepsis






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






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






36. 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?






37. Beginning repeated






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






39. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest






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






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






42. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






43. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate






44. 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 -'






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






46. 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'






47. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






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






49. An argument that follows proper logical form






50. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?