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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Attempts to assign responsibility for the existence of the ill to the current system. Needs to connect the ill to the policy in order for it to be changed. Must Have: 1. Structural Inherency: bad structure/lack of structure 2. Attitudinal Inherency:






2. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success






3. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'






4. Repetition of the same idea - changing either its words - its delivery - or the general treatment it is given.






5. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






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






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?






8. Beginning repeated






9. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change






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






11. 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.






12. Appeals from the character of the speaker






13. 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






14. '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?






15. Circular Reasoning






16. 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 -'






17. Use of a word or phrase that could have several meanings






18. If A then B B Therefore - A






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






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






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






22. Draws a conclusion about the PARTS of an ENTITY based on knowledge about the whole entity.






23. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






24. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'






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






26. 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






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






28. _____ said that concerning all things - there are two contradictory arguments that exist in opposition to one another.






29. Demonstrating respect and care for the audience






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






31. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones






32. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____

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33. Taking one idea and dividing it into two parts - disengaging the two resulting ideas - giving a positive value to one (Term II) and a lesser or negative value to the other (Term I). These are often based on the appearance/reality pair.






34. 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'






35. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






36. Metaphors use ____ and ____






37. 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'






38. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity






39. Exaggeration






40. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing






41. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.






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






43. Draws a conclusion about an entire entity based on knowledge about all of its parts






44. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.






45. beginning repeated at ending






46. A legitimate generalization is applied to a particular case in an absolute manner






47. Misrepresenting an opponent's position as more extreme than it really is and then attacking that version - or attacking a weaker opponent while ignoring a stronger one.






48. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






49. Ideas repeated






50. 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'