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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. 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






2. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






3. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')






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






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






6. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives






7. Appeals from the character of the speaker






8. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy






9. 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






10. Value Hierarchy Visualization






11. 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'






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






13. 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'






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






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






16. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)






17. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous






18. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






19. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.






20. Who developed the argument from general probability?






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






22. Opposite of anadiplosis






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






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






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






26. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another






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






28. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed






29. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?






30. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






31. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive






32. The list that builds






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






34. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






36. 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






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






38. Opposite of Hyperbole






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






40. 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'






41. 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'






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






43. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?






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






45. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?






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






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






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






49. Reasoning from case to case






50. Understatement






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