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Subject : soft-skills
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1. Obligation of the arguer advocating change to overcome the presumption through argument






2. Metaphors use ____ and ____






3. 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






4. 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.






5. Ask a rhetorical question






6. Value Hierarchy Visualization






7. 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 -'






8. 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






9. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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






11. 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:






12. beginning repeated at ending






13. If A then B A Therefore B






14. Opposite of Anaphora






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






16. Term with lower (negative) value






17. 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.






18. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue






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






20. 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.






21. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






22. Term with higher (positive) value






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






24. 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'






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






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






27. 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






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






29. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?






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






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






32. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other






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






34. The inference compares two similar things - saying that since they are alike in some respects - they are alike in another respect. It can be a figurative analogy or a literal analogy. The warrant usually reads: 'if two things are alike in most respec






35. 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'






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






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






38. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






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






40. 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






41. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






42. Did not pay Corax for sophistry lessons and was taken to court






43. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






44. Opposite of anadiplosis






45. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






46. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins






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






48. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






49. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show






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







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