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1. 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
Debate Resolutions
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Antithesis
Tools of Refutation
2. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____
Checking for Example argument
Division
Appeal to Ignorance
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
3. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.
Epanalepsis
Sign
Epanalepsis
Protagoras
4. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Hyperbole
Mixed Metaphor
Structural (inherency)
5. Based on the setting - which dictates the ____ ____ used to determine who has won the debate - E.g. Academic Policy Debate: stock issues Criminal Court Case: beyond a reasonable doubt Civil Courtroom: preponderance of evidence This Classroom: were yo
Unequivocal
Litotes
Decision Rules
Metaphor
6. 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
Syllogism
Red Herring
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
Loci of the Preferable
7. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.
Cicero's Four Stasis Points
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Aristotle
Isocrates
8. 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
Disassociation of Concepts
Hasty Generalization
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Appeal to Ignorance
9. 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
Second
Small Sample
Mercenary Scientists
Antithesis
10. 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
False Dichotomy
Fallacies
Analogy
Situationally flawed
11. Arguing without evidence that a given event is the first of a series of steps that will inevitably lead to some outcome.
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
Composition
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
12. What order does conjectural stasis usually fall in when arguing?
First
Tokenism
Popular Democracy
(Argument by) Analogy
13. Exaggeration
Antithesis
Formal Debate
Aristotle
Hyperbole
14. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____
Checking for Cause argement
Isocrates
Tu Quoque
Testimony
15. beginning repeated at ending
Protagoras
Locus of Existence
Epanalepsis
Sign
16. Accepting a token gesture for something more substantive
Intelligence
Ad Hominem
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Tokenism
17. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')
Litotes
Special Topoi
Grounds (or data)
Locus of Quality
18. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)
Ad Populum
Cost
Metaphor
Division
19. Bases inferences on what we know of how people act in a rational/predictable way - in order to determine the truth
(Argument of ) General probability
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Mercenary Scientists
Ambiguity
20. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
Gorgias
Value Hierarchies
Non Sequitur
21. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original
Fallacies
Locus of Quality
Claim
(Argument of ) General probability
22. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show
Formal Logic
Litotes
Ill
Informal Debate
23. 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?
Burden of proof
Refutation Potential
Commonplaces
Checking for Example argument
24. 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.
Plato
Litotes
Appeal to Authority
Definitional (Stasis)
25. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?
Begging the Question
Corax
Rhetoric
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
26. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)
Aristotle
Procedural (Stasis)
Sign
Checking for Analogy argument
27. Ideas repeated
Checking for Narrative argument
Hasty Generalization
Exergasia
Personification
28. These are commonplaces for argument drawn from the specific set of values shared by a particular community of experience and interest
Special Topoi
Red Herring
Grounds (or data)
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
29. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____
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30. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?
Second (or) Third
Prolepsis
Formal Debate
Appeal to Authority
31. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'
Rhetoric
Refutation
Anaphora
Simile
32. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed
Tu Quoque
Metaphor
Status
Structural (inherency)
33. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.
False Dichotomy
Tools of Refutation
Metaphor
Ad Populum
34. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.
Formal Logic
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Definitional (Stasis)
Non Sequitur
35. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings
Questionable Cause
Ambiguity
Claim
Rhetoric
36. Opposite of Hyperbole
Small Sample
Categorical (Syllogism)
Litotes
False Dichotomy
37. Ask a rhetorical question
Rhetoric
(Argument from) Narrative
Erotema
Small Sample
38. Oppostite of Litotes
Hyperbole
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
(Special Topoi for) Science
Unequivocal
39. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins
Checking for Cause argement
Checking for Analogy argument
Locus of Essence
False Charge of Fallacy
40. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)
Cliche
Hyperbole
(Fallacy of) Accident
Turn
41. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made
False Dichotomy
Special Topoi
Cure
Status
42. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?
Blame
Corax
Analogy
Anadiplosis
43. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity
Refutation Potential
Ad Hominem
Formal Logic
Conjectural (Stasis)
44. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner
Blame
Burden of Rejoinder
Cost
(Fallacy of) Accident
45. Draws a conclusions about ONE MEMBER of a GROUP based on a general rule about all members
Tisias
Accident
Parallelism
Locus of Essence
46. Whitewashes the effect of your topic to downplay it; less emotional than appropriate
Euphimism
Grounds (or data)
Checking for Sign argument
Fallacies
47. The inference reasons that what a trustworthy source says is true. The warrant to this argument usually says - 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true'
(Argument from) Testimony
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Appeal to Authority
Ethos
48. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity
Example
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Exergasia
49. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights
Syllogism
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
Blame
Debate Resolutions
50. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal
Exergasia
Refutation Strategies
Archetypal (Metaphor)
Equivocation