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1. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?
Appeal to Authority
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
Situationally flawed
Anaphora
2. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor
Questionable Analogy
Commonplaces
(Argument from) Narrative
Exergasia
3. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)
Checking for Example argument
Fallacies
Division
Anadiplosis
4. If A then B A Therefore B
Incrementum
Arguments
Modus Ponens
Gorgias
5. Term with higher (positive) value
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Ad Populum
Deductive Reasoning
6. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins
Modus Ponens
Locus of Essence
Gorgias
Hyperbole
7. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the parts is true of the whole
Metaphor
Anaphora
Composition
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
8. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture
Attitudinal (inherency)
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
(Argument from) Cause
Tu Quoque
9. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place
Ethos
Qualitative (Stasis)
Commonplaces
Equivocation
10. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights
Categorical (Syllogism)
Analogy
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
(Argument by) Example
11. Values more over less in terms of quantitative outcomes (the greatest good for the greatest number)
Checking for Narrative argument
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Locus of Quantity
Appeal to Ignorance
12. 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'
Mercenary Scientists
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
Testimony
Questionable Analogy
13. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C
Stasis
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Metaphor
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
14. Structure repeated
Archetypal (Metaphor)
Decision Rules
Parallelism
Enthymeme
15. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.
Presumption
Unsound
Checking for Sign argument
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
16. Set two things in opposition
Antithesis
Sign
Litotes
Prolepsis
17. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.
(Argument from) Sign
Prolepsis
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
Blame
18. Arguing without evidence that a given event is the first of a series of steps that will inevitably lead to some outcome.
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
Manufactroversy
Ethos
19. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones
Personification
Rhetoric
Testimony
Shifting the Burden of Proof
20. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive
Protagoras
Direct Refutation
Agree on Commonality then refute
Tokenism
21. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____
Decorum
Simile
Decision Rules
Tu Quoque
22. _____ thought that rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion
Enthymeme
Aristotle
Blame
Intelligence
23. _______ in ancient Greece spurred the need for the use of rhetoric in everyday life.
Epistrophe
Popular Democracy
Euphimism
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
24. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?
Protagoras
Syllogism
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Cost
25. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas
Epistrophe
Hasty Generalization
Antithesis
Toulmin Model
26. What vehicles and tenors share
Hasty Generalization
Associated Commonplaces
Metaphor
Epanalepsis
27. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue
Aristotle
Quantitative (significance)
Testimony
Equivocation
28. An argument that follows proper logical form
Hasty Generalization
Valid
Anadiplosis
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
29. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous
Unequivocal
Straw Person
Erotema
Appeal to Ignorance
30. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate
Cost
Term I/Term II
Euphimism
Consistency
31. The inference reasons that what a trustworthy source says is true. The warrant to this argument usually says - 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true'
(Argument from) Testimony
Hasty Generalization
(Argument from) Narrative
Non Sequitur
32. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost
Anaphora
Anadiplosis
Stock Issues
Debate Resolutions
33. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.
Good Moral Character
Epanalepsis
Hasty Generalization
Tokenism
34. Are there enough examples to prove that point? Are the examples skewed toward one type of thing? Are the examples unambiguous? Could it be that the connection of general and specific doesn't hold in this case?
Ambiguity
Modus Ponens
Checking for Example argument
Appeal to Authority
35. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)
Epistrophe
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Epistrophe
Sign
36. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)
Archetypal (Metaphor)
Testimony
Refutation Potential
Charisma
37. 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.
Mixed Metaphor
Straw Person
Ill
Cicero's Four Stasis Points
38. 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?
Sophist
Correctio
Checking for Analogy argument
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
39. beginning repeated at ending
Epanalepsis
Small Sample
(Argument from) Narrative
Ambiguity
40. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.
Claim
Cliche
Appeal to Authority
Appeal to Ignorance
41. 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
Direct Refutation
Decision Rules
Refutation
Hyperbole
42. 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 -'
Correctio
Non Sequitur
Qualitative (Stasis)
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
43. After this - therefore on account of this
Fallacies
Questionable Cause
(Argument of ) General probability
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
44. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience
Good Will (Ethos)
Appeal to Ignorance
Cliche
First
45. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?
Epanalepsis
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Cliche
Hyperbole
46. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest
Litotes
Ad Populum
Special Topoi
False Dichotomy
47. Value Hierarchy Visualization
Term I/Term II
Small Sample
Categorical (Syllogism)
Blame
48. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?
Quantitative (significance)
Isocrates
Modus Tollens
Second (or) Third
49. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'
Simile
(Argument from) Narrative
Gorgias
Mixed Metaphor
50. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.
Epistrophe
Epanalepsis
Locus of Quality
Simile
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