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Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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 -'






2. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.






3. 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'






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






5. An argument that follows proper logical form






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






7. 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:






8. 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






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






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






11. Assuming as a premise some form of the very point that is at issue - the very conclusion we intend to prove. Also called circular reasoning.






12. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other






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






14. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






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






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






17. Opposite of anadiplosis






18. If A then B A Therefore B






19. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.






20. 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






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






22. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






23. 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?






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






25. 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)






26. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties






27. Who developed the argument from general probability?






28. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')






29. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






30. 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?






31. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






32. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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






34. Obligation of the arguer advocating change to overcome the presumption through argument






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






36. Ending repeated






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






38. Values more over less in terms of quantitative outcomes (the greatest good for the greatest number)






39. Oppostite of Litotes






40. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






41. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






42. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






43. Opposite of Epistrophe






44. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.






45. Value Hierarchy Visualization






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






47. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins






48. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






49. Opposite of Epanalepsis






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