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Subject : soft-skills
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1. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






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






3. Are there enough examples to prove that point? Are the examples skewed toward one type of thing? Are the examples unambiguous? Could it be that the connection of general and specific doesn't hold in this case?






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






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






6. The list that builds






7. 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'






8. 'What is true in this case is true in general' or 'What is true in general is true in this case' Is a warrant for what kind of argument?






9. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






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

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






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






13. Opposite of Epanalepsis






14. Structure repeated






15. 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






16. Defending something by pointing out that your opponent did it as well. Also called 'two wrongs make a right'; this is literally translated as 'thou also'






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read






21. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest






22. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






23. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






24. A field of scholarship devoted to how arguments work






25. Beginning repeated






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






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






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






29. Who developed the argument from general probability?






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






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






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






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






34. Ask a rhetorical question






35. Arguing that the conclusion of an argument must be untrue because there is a fallacy in the reasoning. (Just because the premises may not be true - does not mean that the conclusion has to be false)






36. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






37. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides






38. 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 -'






39. Metaphors use ____ and ____






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. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?






42. Is a variety of Hasty Generalization; it is when you draw conclusions about a population on the basis of a sample that is too small to be a reliable measure of that population






43. 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.






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






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






46. An irrelevant attack on an opponent rather than on the opponent's evidence or arguments; this is literally translated as an argument 'to the person'






47. Understatement






48. Does one thing really cause the other - or are they merely correlated? Is there another larger cause or series of causes that better explains the effect?






49. A or B Not A Therefore - B






50. Circular Reasoning







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