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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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:






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






3. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.






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






5. Structure repeated






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






7. If A then B Not B Therefore not A






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






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






10. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant






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






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






13. Using a term in an argument in one sense in one place and another sense in another place






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






15. 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






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






17. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)






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






19. 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






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






21. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.






22. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'






23. 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






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






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






26. Understatement






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






28. The inference reasons from meaning or lesson of a story to a claim. The warrant usually says 'The moral to a story tells us a greater truth'






29. If A then B A Therefore B






30. All A are B -X is A - therefore - X is B OR All A are B - all B are C - therefore - all A are C OR All A are B - all C are A - therefore - all C are B






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






32. 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'






33. Opposite of Epanalepsis






34. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate






35. 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 -'






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






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






38. '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?






39. An argument with true premises and valid form






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






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






42. Value Hierarchy Visualization






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






44. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






45. Ending repeated






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






47. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument






48. Is the source qualified to say what is being said? Is she or he in a position to know this information? Does the testimony represent what the authority really meant to say? Is the source relatively unbiased and recent?






49. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)






50. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)