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Subject : soft-skills
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1. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'






2. 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






3. Understatement






4. 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'






5. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.






6. Four categories of the Loci of the Preferable






7. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






8. 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






9. An argument that follows proper logical form






10. Religious liberty - limited government - entrepreneurship - military strength - traditional institutions - property rights






11. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show






12. Appeals from the character of the speaker






13. The process of discrediting someone's argument by revealing weaknesses in it or presenting a counterargument






14. 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






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






16. Opposite of Epistrophe






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






18. Repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.






19. A manufactured controversy that is motivated by profit or extreme ideology to intentionally create confusion in the public about an issue of scientific fact that is not in dispute by the scientific community. Used to stop debate at the conjectural le






20. Opposite of Anaphora






21. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost






22. Opposite of Epanalepsis






23. Is another variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that this is the way things have always been done






24. Ending repeated






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






26. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument






27. Shifting the buren of proof is a category of ____ __ _____






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






29. If A then B Not A Therefore not B






30. Deliberate correction






31. An argument with true premises and valid form






32. The inference moves from specific to general or from general to specific. The warrant to this argument usually reads 'what is true in this case is true in general' or 'what is true in general is true in this case'






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






34. If A then B B Therefore - A






35. If A then B A Therefore B






36. What places do procedural stasis usually occupy in an argument?






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






38. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor






39. Beginning repeated






40. 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






41. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?






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






43. Is a variety of questionable cause; it is when you conclude that something cause dsomething else just because the second thing came after it; literally translated as 'after this - therefore on account of this'






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






45. Does the argument effectively appeal to audience values and priorities? Does the argument accurately capture the values at play in this situation?






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






47. 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 -'






48. Obligation of the arguer advocating change to overcome the presumption through argument






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






50. beginning repeated at ending