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1. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest
Cicero's Four Stasis Points
Anaphora
Special Topoi
Second
2. The inference says that one thing is a sign of another. It's usually used in an argument that something IS. The warrant to this argument is usually in the form 'X is a sign of Y'
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
False Charge of Fallacy
(Fallacy of) Accident
(Argument from) Sign
3. 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
Blame
Qualitative (Stasis)
Stock Issues
(Argument by) Analogy
4. 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.
Tu Quoque
Sound
Tu Quoque
Appeal to Authority
5. Opposite of Anaphora
Division
Epistrophe
(Argument from) Cause
Consistency
6. Appeals from the character of the speaker
Ethos
(Argument by) Analogy
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
Accident
7. Can the sign be found without the thing for which it stands? Is an alternative explanation of the maning of the sign more credible? Are there countering signs that indicate that his one sign is false?
Checking for Sign argument
Antithesis
Prolepsis
Epanalepsis
8. After this - therefore on account of this
Good Will (Ethos)
Rhetoric
Consistency
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
9. Metaphors use ____ and ____
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Hasty Generalization
Cliche
Litotes
10. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor
Burden of proof
Commonplaces
Second
Common Practice (Fallacy)
11. 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
Small Sample
Rhetoric
Aristotle
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
12. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category
Non Sequitur
Tu Quoque
Cicero's Four Stasis Points
Consistency
13. 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?
Checking for Analogy argument
Litotes
Hyperbole
Loci of the Preferable
14. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost
Stock Issues
Division
Anaphora
Deductive Reasoning
15. Opposite of Epistrophe
Narrative
Anadiplosis
Anaphora
Anadiplosis
16. Value Hierarchy Visualization
Term I/Term II
Straw Person
First
Modus Ponens
17. An argument that either lacks validity - soundness or both.
Unsound
Anadiplosis
Epanalepsis
Protagoras
18. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original
Locus of Existence
Stock Issues
Locus of Quality
Division
19. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.
Value-Oriented Arguments
Ad Populum
Hyperbole
Metaphor
20. Ideas repeated
Arguments
Exergasia
Anadiplosis
Tools of Refutation
21. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'
Archetypal (Metaphor)
Exergasia
Disassociation of Concepts
Gorgias
22. Ammending a term or phrase you have just read
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
Decorum
(Argument from) Narrative
Correctio
23. 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?
Checking for Testimony argument
Mercenary Scientists
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
Ad Populum
24. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.
Loci of the Preferable
Arguments
Refutation Potential
Procedural (Stasis)
25. Ending of one repeated at the beginning of another
Good Will (Ethos)
Anadiplosis
Locus of Quality
Epanalepsis
26. Deliberate correction
Incrementum
Tools of Refutation
Parallelism
Correctio
27. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant
Erotema
Non Sequitur
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Toulmin Model
28. An argument with true premises and valid form
Debate Resolutions
Sound
Modus Tollens
Rhetoric
29. Structure repeated
Unsound
Parallelism
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
Red Herring
30. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning
Cliche
False Charge of Fallacy
Checking for Sign argument
Toulmin Model
31. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)
(Argument from) Cause
Erotema
Archetypal (Metaphor)
Value Hierarchies
32. An argument that follows proper logical form
Decorum
Cicero's Four Stasis Points
Valid
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
33. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?
Locus of Quantity
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Straw Person
Second
34. Is a variation of Appeal to Ignorance. It is when you accept an argument that the presumption lies with one side and the other side has the burden of proving its case when the reverse is actually true
Archetypal (Metaphor)
Stock Issues
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Parallelism
35. '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?
Epanalepsis
Rhetoric
Example
Euphimism
36. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing
Personification
(Argument of ) General probability
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Litotes
37. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible
Locus of Existence
Term I/Term II
Small Sample
Questionable Analogy
38. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture
Euphimism
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Fallacies
Ill
39. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Testimony
Value-Oriented Arguments
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
40. Uses emotional appeal instead of evidence to argue
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Rhetoric
Decorum
Second (or) Third
41. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?
Fallacies
Tu Quoque
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Second (or) Third
42. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones
Rhetoric
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Prolepsis
Locus of Quality
43. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.
Metaphor
Cliche
Hyperbole
Cure
44. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.
Second
Informal Debate
Protagoras
(Argument from) Cause
45. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner
Ad Hominem
(Fallacy of) Accident
Tu Quoque
Ad Populum
46. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike
Personification
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Informal Debate
Questionable Analogy
47. Providing a response to each reason that an opponent gives
Modus Tollens
Rhetoric
Claim
Direct Refutation
48. 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?
Checking for Example argument
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Unsound
49. The requirement that the opposition responds reasonably to all significant issues presented by the advocate of change.
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
Red Herring
Accident
Burden of Rejoinder
50. Structural inherency and attitudinal inherency are part of what stock issue?
Ad Hominem
Analogy
Blame
Locus of Quality