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Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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






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






3. 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?






4. 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'






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






6. beginning repeated at ending






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






8. All A are B -X is A - therefore - X is B OR All A are B - all B are C - therefore - all A are C OR All A are B - all C are A - therefore - all C are B






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






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






11. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






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






13. 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'






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






15. If A then B B Therefore - A






16. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






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






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






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






21. 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'






22. Oppostite of Litotes






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






24. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.






25. After this - therefore on account of this






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






27. 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






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






29. A or B Not A Therefore - B






30. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






31. Misrepresenting an opponent's position as more extreme than it really is and then attacking that version - or attacking a weaker opponent while ignoring a stronger one.






32. Who developed the argument from general probability?






33. Oral performances that have a set format in which two or more speakers take turns making arguments and counterarguments before an audience - Examples: Court room - candidate debates - academic debates






34. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






35. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






36. 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'






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






38. 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.






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






40. Exaggeration






41. The inference reasons from meaning or lesson of a story to a claim. The warrant usually says 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth'






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






43. Ask a rhetorical question






44. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






45. Arguing that one thing caused another without sufficient evidence of a causal relationship.






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






47. Ideas repeated






48. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






49. Structure repeated






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