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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Is a variation of Appeal to Ignorance. It is when you accept an argument that the presumption lies with one side and the other side has the burden of proving its case when the reverse is actually true






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






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






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






5. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)






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






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






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






9. Opposite of anadiplosis






10. Based on the setting - which dictates the ____ ____ used to determine who has won the debate - E.g. Academic Policy Debate: stock issues Criminal Court Case: beyond a reasonable doubt Civil Courtroom: preponderance of evidence This Classroom: were yo






11. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






12. 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)






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






14. A manufactured controversy that is motivated by profit or extreme ideology to intentionally create confusion in the public about an issue of scientific fact that is not in dispute by the scientific community. Used to stop debate at the conjectural le






15. 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?






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






17. 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






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






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






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






21. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






22. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)






23. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






24. A or B Not A Therefore - B






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






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






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






28. 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?






29. 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'






30. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.






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






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






33. An argument that follows proper logical form






34. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






35. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'






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






37. 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






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






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






41. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible






42. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






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






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






45. Good Moral Character






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






47. Term with higher (positive) value






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






49. 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.






50. Fallacious argument from specific to general without sufficient evidence - Draws a conclusion about all the members of a group based on the knowledge of some members