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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An argument with true premises and valid form






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. What vehicles and tenors share






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






9. Accepting the word of an alleged authority when we should not because the person does not have expertise on this particular issue or s/he cannot be trusted to give an unbiased opinion.






10. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)






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






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






13. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner






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. Term with higher (positive) value






16. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?






17. A or B Not A Therefore - B






18. 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






19. 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






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






21. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






22. 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'






23. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






24. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another






25. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






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






27. Taking one idea and dividing it into two parts - disengaging the two resulting ideas - giving a positive value to one (Term II) and a lesser or negative value to the other (Term I). These are often based on the appearance/reality pair.






28. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






29. beginning repeated at ending






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






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






32. 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






33. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?






34. They stablish an arena for argumentation by defining ground for a dispute and issues of controversy. Typically - one side affirms the resolution and one side negates the resolution.






35. The list that builds






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






37. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






39. After this - therefore on account of this






40. Exaggeration






41. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.






42. Deliberate correction






43. 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.






44. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture






45. Reasoning from case to case






46. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument






47. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.






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






49. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






50. 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