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1. Special Topoi and Loci of the Preferable - what kind of args?
Epanalepsis
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Hasty Generalization
Value-Oriented Arguments
2. Metaphors use ____ and ____
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Unsound
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Ethos
3. 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
Unequivocal
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Hasty Generalization
Ill
4. 'X is an sign of Y' is what arg's warrant?
Sign
Burden of proof
Cliche
Metaphor
5. Defending something by pointing out that your opponent did it as well. Also called 'two wrongs make a right'; this is literally translated as 'thou also'
Euphimism
Tu Quoque
Litotes
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
6. Involves a large number of people; from Ill stock issue - Produces a large amount of harm; from Ill stock issue
Quantitative (significance)
Loci of the Preferable
Arguments
Disassociation of Concepts
7. Taking the absence of evidence against something as justification for believing that thing is true.
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
Appeal to Ignorance
Corax
Erotema
8. Ideas repeated
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
Tisias
Ad Hominem
Exergasia
9. All A are B - all C are B - therefore all A are C
Non Sequitur
Tu Quoque
Qualitative (Stasis)
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
10. Is the metaphor appropriate? The key to ____ is matching strategy to situation.
Decorum
Blame
Questionable Cause
Correctio
11. Inference that allows you to move from grounds to claim (often implied in the argument)
Checking for Testimony argument
Warrant
Conjectural (Stasis)
Erotema
12. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?
Erotema
Composition
Refutation
Analogy
13. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Post hoc - ergo propter hoc
Conjectural (Stasis)
Simile
14. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Fallacies
Toulmin Model
Metaphor
15. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'
Unsound
Qualitative (Stasis)
Modus Ponens
Plato
16. Asks - 'is it?' Involves a question of fact (past - present - future)
Associated Commonplaces
Corax
Conjectural (Stasis)
Cost
17. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.
Appeal to Authority
Stock Issues
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Cure
18. If A then B If B then C Therefore - if A then C
Grounds (or data)
Anadiplosis
Hypothetical (Syllogism)
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
19. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins
(Argument from) Cause
Begging the Question
Charisma
Locus of Essence
20. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?
Erotema
Exergasia
Sign
Cost
21. '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?
Fallacy Fallacy
Arguments
Example
Warrant
22. Arguing without evidence that a given event is the first of a series of steps that will inevitably lead to some outcome.
Epistrophe
Appeal to Authority
Slippery Slope (Fallacy)
Appeal to Ignorance
23. Civil rights - economic justice - environmental stewardship - government as safety net - worker's rights - diversity
False Charge of Fallacy
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
24. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Anadiplosis
Personification
Grounds (or data)
25. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides
Arguments
Rhetoric
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Analogy
26. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike
False Charge of Fallacy
Appeal to Authority
Questionable Analogy
Informal Debate
27. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning
False Charge of Fallacy
Epanalepsis
Testimony
Anaphora
28. 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 Example argument
Checking for Sign argument
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Modus Tollens
29. Puritan morality - change and progress - equality of opportunity - rejection of authority - achievement and success
Second
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Ill
Accident
30. Part of the blame stock issue - the acceptance or obedience to the policy or law makes it ineffective
Exergasia
Checking for Analogy argument
Attitudinal (inherency)
Gorgias
31. All A are B - all C are B - therefore no A are C
Valid
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Unsound
Informal Debate
32. 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.
Informal Debate
Straw Person
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Refutation
33. ______ is not: 'not real' - 'mere' or 'empty'
Rhetoric
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Consistency
Antithesis
34. Values what is unique - irreplaceable or original
Correctio
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Locus of Quality
35. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made
False Dichotomy
False Charge of Fallacy
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
Hasty Generalization
36. An argument with true premises and valid form
Checking for Testimony argument
Small Sample
Categorical (Syllogism)
Sound
37. Term with higher (positive) value
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Epistrophe
(Special Topoi for) Science
Emotionally Charged (Language)
38. If A then B Not A Therefore not B
Refutation Potential
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Shifting the Burden of Proof
Fallacies
39. Honesty - Dedication - Courage (What part of Ethos)
Good Moral Character
Equivocation
Hyperbole
Metaphor
40. 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
Tools of Refutation
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
Refutation Potential
Small Sample
41. Part of blame stock issue - the composition of the policy is flawed
Structural (inherency)
Example
Grounds (or data)
(Argument from) Testimony
42. Wrote 'On Not Being' and 'In Defense of Helen'
Gorgias
Erotema
Corax
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
43. Values more over less in terms of quantitative outcomes (the greatest good for the greatest number)
Hyperbole
Erotema
Tisias
Locus of Quantity
44. Conjectural - Procedural - Definitional - and Qualitative Points are all ____
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45. These seats or commonplaces of argument suggest inferences that arguers might make that are based on the habits of thought and value hierarchies that everyone shares
Anaphora
Argument
Rhetoric
Loci of the Preferable
46. After this - therefore on account of this
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Analogy
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
47. If A then B B Therefore - A
Stasis
Good Will (Ethos)
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
Appeal to Authority
48. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry
Debate Resolutions
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Sophist
Antithesis
49. Focuses on inadequacies or problems in the status quo - must be significant if a change is to be made. Must Have: 1. Quantitative significance: affects lots of people 2. Qualitative significance: is of bad quality
Ill
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Procedural (Stasis)
Analogy
50. Circular Reasoning
Begging the Question
Anadiplosis
Structural (inherency)
Archetypal (Metaphor)