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1. 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.
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Begging the Question
Decorum
Composition
2. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.
Status
Anadiplosis
Disassociation of Concepts
Hasty Generalization
3. The inference moves from specific to general or from general to specific. The warrant to this argument usually reads 'what is true in this case is true in general' or 'what is true in general is true in this case'
(Argument from) Sign
(Argument by) Example
Status
(Argument of ) General probability
4. Ending repeated
Epistrophe
Deductive Reasoning
Composition
Tisias
5. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.
Analogy
(Argument from) Sign
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Exergasia
6. Opposite of Anaphora
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
Epistrophe
Associated Commonplaces
Ill
7. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another
Division
Metaphor
Manufactroversy
First
8. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing
Consistency
Personification
Locus of Quantity
Hyperbole
9. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner
Simile
Arguments
(Fallacy of) Accident
Sound
10. Is necessary to defend the weak against the strong - Is useful and necessary to the state and the individual because you become a more thoughtful citizen and a more well-rounded person - Is useful to have the tools to recognize good arguments and def
Rhetoric
Checking for Example argument
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Begging the Question
11. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience
Ethos
Euphimism
Tisias
Good Will (Ethos)
12. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Definitional (Stasis)
Second
Locus of Existence
13. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category
Modus Ponens
Intelligence
Unsound
Non Sequitur
14. 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
Commonplaces
Decision Rules
(Argument by) Analogy
Equivocation
15. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?
Value-Oriented Arguments
Litotes
Direct Refutation
Archetypal (Metaphor)
16. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?
(Special Topoi for) Science
Valid
Checking for Testimony argument
Second (or) Third
17. An argument that follows proper logical form
Manufactroversy
Checking for Cause argement
Toulmin Model
Valid
18. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.
Prolepsis
Example
Debate Resolutions
Arguments
19. Term with lower (negative) value
Checking for Testimony argument
Status
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Analogy
20. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)
Warrant
Parallelism
Intelligence
Vehicle (and) Tenor
21. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?
Rhetoric
Unequivocal
Checking for Narrative argument
Common Practice (Fallacy)
22. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)
Tu Quoque
Metaphor
Begging the Question
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
23. The opposite of hyperbole - this is a deliberate understatement for effect.
Cicero's Four Stasis Points
Litotes
(Argument by) Example
(Argument from) Testimony
24. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal
Archetypal (Metaphor)
Cost
Small Sample
Hasty Generalization
25. 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'
Cure
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Definitional (Stasis)
26. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C
Prolepsis
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
Incrementum
Cliche
27. What is 'at issue' in a controversy; the place where two sides of an argument come into conflict; the clash between arguments.
Anadiplosis
Locus of Existence
Agree on Commonality then refute
Stasis
28. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the whole is true of the parts
Division
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
29. The list that builds
Non Sequitur
Incrementum
Stasis
Modus Ponens
30. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective
Unrepresentative Sample
Attitudinal (inherency)
Questionable Cause
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
31. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____
Decision Rules
Refutation Strategies
Appeal to Ignorance
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
32. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Hasty Generalization
Analogy
Quantitative (significance)
33. If A then B A Therefore B
Formal Debate
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Locus of Essence
Modus Ponens
34. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')
Epanalepsis
Grounds (or data)
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Ethos
35. Knowledge - Experience - Prudence (What part of Ethos)
Sound
Appeal to Ignorance
Intelligence
Stock Issues
36. _______ in ancient Greece spurred the need for the use of rhetoric in everyday life.
Popular Democracy
Epistrophe
Rhetoric
Categorical (Syllogism)
37. 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
Conjectural (Stasis)
Cost
Situationally flawed
(Argument from) Testimony
38. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
Claim
Exergasia
Good Will (Ethos)
39. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate
Tu Quoque
Euphimism
Unrepresentative Sample
(Argument by) Analogy
40. Originality - explanatory power - quantitative precision - simplicity - scope
Refutation Potential
(Special Topoi for) Science
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
Stock Issues
41. 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 -'
Ill
Accident
Non Sequitur
Warrant
42. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)
Fallacies
Straw Person
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Procedural (Stasis)
43. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings
Ambiguity
Gorgias
Litotes
Deductive Reasoning
44. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue
Quantitative (significance)
Ill
Shifting the Burden of Proof
First
45. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts
Non Sequitur
Composition
Good Moral Character
Euphimism
46. 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
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Exergasia
Hasty Generalization
Aristotle
47. 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
Loci of the Preferable
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
(Special Topoi for) Science
Value-Oriented Arguments
48. 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'
Grounds (or data)
(Argument from) Sign
Appeal to Ignorance
Exergasia
49. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides
Arguments
Syllogism
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Metaphor
50. Set two things in opposition
Term I/Term II
Direct Refutation
Antithesis
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
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