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Public Debating

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Values what is concrete rather than what is merely possible






2. Opposite of Hyperbole






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






4. 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






5. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning






6. Is necessary to defend the weak against the strong - Is useful and necessary to the state and the individual because you become a more thoughtful citizen and a more well-rounded person - Is useful to have the tools to recognize good arguments and def






7. Usually has three parts: 1. (MP) Major Premise - unequivocal statement 2. (mP) Minor Premise - about a specific case 3. (C) Conclusion - follows necessarily from the premises






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






9. What order do definitional and qualitative stasis usually fall into when put into an argument?






10. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing






11. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)






12. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)






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






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






15. 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






16. 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?






17. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






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






19. 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'






20. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C






21. 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






22. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides






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






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

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






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






27. A or B Not A Therefore - B






28. The system for classifying disassociated terms (visually)






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






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






31. A _____ is not just abuse or contradiction






32. Asks - 'who has the authority?' Involves a question of proper procedure.






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






34. After this - therefore on account of this






35. Term with higher (positive) value






36. Deliberate exaggeration for effect; it is often accomplished via comparisons - similes - and metaphors.






37. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






38. Exaggeration






39. 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'






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






41. Ending repeated






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






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






44. Ask a rhetorical question






45. Opposite of Epanalepsis






46. Oppostite of Litotes






47. Asks - 'of what kind is it?' Involves a question of the quality of the act - whether it is good or bad.






48. Is another variety of Hasty Generalization. It is when you reason from a sample that is not representative (typical) of the population from which it was drawn.






49. 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?






50. They stablish an arena for argumentation by defining ground for a dispute and issues of controversy. Typically - one side affirms the resolution and one side negates the resolution.