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Subject : soft-skills
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1. Arguing that one thing caused another without sufficient evidence of a causal relationship.






2. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry






3. 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:






4. 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






5. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change






6. What vehicles and tenors share






7. Term with lower (negative) value






8. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






9. Ideas repeated






10. The list that builds






11. 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






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






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






14. 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






15. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'






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






17. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas






18. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue






19. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)






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






21. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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22. Concerns new policy being proposed that will remedy the ill outlined and the inherent factors.






23. The inference moves from cause to effect or effect to cause - arguing that something is the direct result of something else. The warrant to this argument is usually formatted as: 'X is a form of Y'






24. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C






25. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made






26. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible






27. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)






28. 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






29. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






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






32. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.






33. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category






34. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?






35. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.






36. Structure repeated






37. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C






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






39. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others






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






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






42. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






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






44. Metaphors use ____ and ____






45. 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'






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






47. Value Hierarchy Visualization






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






49. 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'






50. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity







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