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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity






2. 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 -'






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






4. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture






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






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






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






8. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






9. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original






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






11. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.






12. Oppostite of Litotes






13. The process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts - definitions - and properties






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument






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






22. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






23. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights






24. Arguing without evidence that a given event is the first of a series of steps that will inevitably lead to some outcome.






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






26. Opposite of Hyperbole






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






28. Reasoning from case to case






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






30. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






31. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)






32. Accepting the word of an alleged authority when we should not because the person does not have expertise on this particular issue or s/he cannot be trusted to give an unbiased opinion.






33. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






34. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____






35. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






36. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






37. Are the terms of the metaphor coherent - or does it tell a story or paint a picure that fails to make sense internally?






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






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






40. Opposite of Epistrophe






41. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






42. Obligation of the arguer advocating change to overcome the presumption through argument






43. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.






44. '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?






45. Who developed the argument from general probability?






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






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






48. What vehicles and tenors share






49. Does the moral really follow from the story? Is the narrative plausible and coherent? Are the characterizations consistent?






50. Juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas