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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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






2. Focuses on inadequacies or problems in the status quo - must be significant if a change is to be made. Must Have: 1. Quantitative significance: affects lots of people 2. Qualitative significance: is of bad quality






3. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






4. Oral performances that have a set format in which two or more speakers take turns making arguments and counterarguments before an audience - Examples: Court room - candidate debates - academic debates






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






6. Opposite of Anaphora






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






8. If A then B A Therefore B






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






10. Ask a rhetorical question






11. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?






12. 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 -'






13. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.






14. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success






15. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal






16. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?






17. Draws a conclusions about ONE MEMBER of a GROUP based on a general rule about all members






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






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






20. Opposite of Epanalepsis






21. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






22. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.






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






29. Who developed the argument from general probability?






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






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






32. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






33. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






35. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?






36. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






37. Ideas repeated






38. Set two things in opposition






39. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the whole is true of the parts






40. 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'






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






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






43. 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






44. 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.






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






46. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words - phrases - or clauses






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






48. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






49. 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






50. Beginning repeated