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Public Debating
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Turn
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Rhetoric
2. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?
Value-Oriented Arguments
(Argument of ) General probability
Second (or) Third
Anaphora
3. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous
Disassociation of Concepts
Loci of the Preferable
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Unequivocal
4. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______
Composition
Refutation Strategies
Narrative
Definitional (Stasis)
5. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)
Charisma
Associated Commonplaces
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Good Moral Character
6. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
Epanalepsis
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Locus of Essence
7. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue
Straw Person
False Dichotomy
Litotes
Emotionally Charged (Language)
8. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others
Decision Rules
Sign
Conceding Arguments
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
9. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner
Ill
(Fallacy of) Accident
Corax
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
10. _____ thought that rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion
Aristotle
Term I/Term II
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Situationally flawed
11. Is a variation of the non sequiter; it is when the irrelevant reason is meant to divert the attention of the audience from the real issue
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Hyperbole
Red Herring
12. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
Accident
Cost
(Argument by) Example
13. 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'
Tu Quoque
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Metaphor
Tokenism
14. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C
Popular Democracy
Formal Debate
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
Value-Oriented Arguments
15. An argument that follows proper logical form
Valid
Checking for Testimony argument
Modus Tollens
Associated Commonplaces
16. Ending repeated
Tokenism
Anaphora
Epistrophe
Appeal to Authority
17. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?
Sign
Anadiplosis
Deductive Reasoning
Appeal to Authority
18. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Modus Tollens
Checking for Testimony argument
Charisma
19. Opposite of anadiplosis
Special Topoi
Hyperbole
Cure
Epanalepsis
20. 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?
Refutation
Checking for Example argument
Burden of Rejoinder
Special Topoi
21. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity
(Argument by) Example
Good Moral Character
Hasty Generalization
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
22. Opposite of Epanalepsis
Refutation Strategies
Anadiplosis
(Argument from) Testimony
Appeal to Ignorance
23. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue
Quantitative (significance)
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Gorgias
24. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.
Unsound
Unequivocal
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Deductive Reasoning
25. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction
Argument
Good Will (Ethos)
Turn
Mixed Metaphor
26. '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?
Example
(Fallacy of) Accident
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Ill
27. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties
Deductive Reasoning
Ambiguity
Ad Populum
Cure
28. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy
Mercenary Scientists
Checking for Analogy argument
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
Begging the Question
29. 1. Applying the tests of reasoning to show weaknesses in arguments and develop counterarguments 2. Accusing opponent of using fallacious reasoning 3. Pointing out a flawed metaphor 4. Discrediting the ethos of opponent 5. Pointing out flawed statisti
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Hasty Generalization
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
Tools of Refutation
30. Structure repeated
Structural (inherency)
Sign
Debate Resolutions
Parallelism
31. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____
Tu Quoque
Rhetoric
Anaphora
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
32. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth
Formal Logic
Mixed Metaphor
Appeal to Ignorance
(Argument of ) General probability
33. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate
Euphimism
Anadiplosis
Fallacy Fallacy
Presumption
34. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives
Accident
Direct Refutation
Informal Debate
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
35. Accepting an argument by example that reasons from specific to general on the basis of relevant but insufficient information or evidence.
Hasty Generalization
Example
Manufactroversy
Turn
36. If A then B Not A Therefore not B
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Hasty Generalization
Checking for Cause argement
Sign
37. Understatement
Grounds (or data)
Unrepresentative Sample
Litotes
Begging the Question
38. Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words - phrases - or clauses
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
Parallelism
False Dichotomy
Commonplaces
39. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?
Narrative
Checking for Analogy argument
Burden of proof
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
40. Is the metaphor overused - heard so many times that it becomes tedious rather than persuasive?
Litotes
Cliche
Hasty Generalization
Appeal to Authority
41. 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'
Second (or) Third
Appeal to Authority
Cicero's Four Stasis Points
(Argument by) Example
42. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)
Toulmin Model
Metaphor
Division
Parallelism
43. Opposite of Epistrophe
Conjectural (Stasis)
Burden of Rejoinder
Anaphora
Aristotle
44. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides
Ill
(Argument from) Narrative
Arguments
Checking for Cause argement
45. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.
Epanalepsis
Tools of Refutation
Unrepresentative Sample
Modus Ponens
46. A syllogism suppressing the Major Premise - and only contains a Minor Premise and the Conclusion. People speak in these more often than syllogisms.
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Plato
Parallelism
Enthymeme
47. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)
Second
Turn
Second (or) Third
Analogy
48. If A then B Not B Therefore not A
Fallacies
Modus Tollens
Antithesis
(Argument from) Sign
49. After this - therefore on account of this
Value Hierarchies
Anadiplosis
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
50. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.
(Argument from) Cause
Associated Commonplaces
Prolepsis
Plato