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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. These seats or commonplaces of argument suggest inferences that arguers might make that are based on the habits of thought and value hierarchies that everyone shares






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






3. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






4. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






5. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?






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






7. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






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






9. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?






10. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






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






12. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






13. '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?






14. 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.






15. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)






16. The list that builds






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






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






19. 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






20. Deliberate correction






21. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth






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






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






24. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






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






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






27. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones






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






29. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






30. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






31. Opposite of Hyperbole






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






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






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






35. 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:






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






37. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.






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






39. What is 'at issue' in a controversy; the place where two sides of an argument come into conflict; the clash between arguments.






40. Ideas repeated






41. Opposite of anadiplosis






42. Term with higher (positive) value






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






44. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.






45. After this - therefore on account of this






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






47. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






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






49. If A then B B Therefore - A






50. Opposite of Anaphora