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1. Anticipatory refutation - in which you preempt an opposition argument before it is even offered.
Prolepsis
Decorum
Grounds (or data)
Epanalepsis
2. Obligation of the arguer advocating change to overcome the presumption through argument
Definitional (Stasis)
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Burden of proof
Cost
3. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)
Formal Logic
Equivocation
(Fallacy of) Accident
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
4. Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity
Epistrophe
Turn
Formal Logic
Special Topoi
5. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins
Locus of Essence
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Tisias
Straw Person
6. Opposite of Epistrophe
Checking for Narrative argument
Epanalepsis
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
Anaphora
7. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.
Euphimism
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Gorgias
Appeal to Ignorance
8. Letters to the editor - group discussions - talk show
Informal Debate
Narrative
Testimony
Epistrophe
9. Arguing that one thing caused another without sufficient evidence of a causal relationship.
(Argument from) Sign
Questionable Cause
Testimony
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
10. Does one thing really cause the other - or are they merely correlated? Is there another larger cause or series of causes that better explains the effect?
Decorum
Checking for Cause argement
(Argument by) Analogy
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
11. If A then B Not A Therefore not B
Informal Debate
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Protagoras
Manufactroversy
12. Qualitative significance is part of what stock issue?
Ill
Small Sample
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Ad Hominem
13. Professional Standing - Fame (Ethos)
Status
Antithesis
Hyperbole
Litotes
14. Erroneously accusing others of fallacious reasoning
(Argument from) Narrative
Litotes
Agree on Commonality then refute
False Charge of Fallacy
15. Repetition of the ending of one clause or sentence at the beginning of another.
Anadiplosis
(Argument from) Testimony
Cliche
Claim
16. Accepting an argument that you should believe something is true just because the majority believes it is true.
Ad Populum
Exergasia
Syllogism
Cicero's Four Stasis Points
17. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon experience that is specific to a particular culture
Syllogism
Rhetoric
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Anaphora
18. The inference compares two similar things - saying that since they are alike in some respects - they are alike in another respect. It can be a figurative analogy or a literal analogy. The warrant usually reads: 'if two things are alike in most respec
Isocrates
Exergasia
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
(Argument by) Analogy
19. Have both claims - reason - and at least two sides
Arguments
Tokenism
Composition
Metaphor
20. Reasoning from case to case
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
Appeal to Authority
Analogy
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
21. A metaphor with a vehicle that draws upon a human experience that is universal
Non Sequitur
Archetypal (Metaphor)
Attitudinal (inherency)
Value-Oriented Arguments
22. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'
Erotema
Protagoras
Equivocation
Unsound
23. Indicating that something (the claim) is or is not. Is an argument from _____ ? (not a stasis point)
Isocrates
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Sign
Loci of the Preferable
24. A metaphor that gives attributes to a nonhuman thing
Personification
Gorgias
Vehicle (and) Tenor
Hyperbole
25. Prolepsis - Direct Refutation - Conceding some points to focus on others - Agree on commonality then refute - and Turn are all examples of _____ ______
Refutation Strategies
Second
Hyperbole
Claim
26. Understatement
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Value Hierarchies
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
Litotes
27. Drawing an analogical conclusion when the cases compared are not relevantly alike
Correctio
Testimony
Questionable Analogy
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
28. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Stasis
Exergasia
Mixed Metaphor
29. Repetition of the opening clause or sentence at its ending.
Sound
Agree on Commonality then refute
Refutation
Epanalepsis
30. 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'
Epanalepsis
Associated Commonplaces
(Argument from) Testimony
Anaphora
31. The belief that current thinking - attitudes - values - and actions will continue in the absence of good arguments for their change
Status
Ill
Presumption
Equivocation
32. 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'
Modus Tollens
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
(Argument from) Cause
Claim
33. 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.
Begging the Question
Unrepresentative Sample
Composition
Warrant
34. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made
Decorum
Term I/Term II
False Dichotomy
Checking for Narrative argument
35. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.
Warrant
Checking for Testimony argument
Definitional (Stasis)
Exergasia
36. Agree with the values or goals of the opposition - but then argue that the opposition doesn't do a better job of achieving those values goals
Litotes
Agree on Commonality then refute
Tisias
Aristotle
37. The proposition or conclusion that the arguer is advancing
(Special Topoi for) American Public Address
Claim
First
Tisias
38. 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?
Checking for Example argument
Checking for Cause argement
Erotema
Direct Refutation
39. 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
Categorical (Syllogism)
Appeal to Ignorance
(Argument from) Testimony
Appeal to Authority
40. An implicit comparison made by referring to one thing as another
Warrant
Metaphor
Structural (inherency)
Corax
41. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Locus of Existence
Turn
Procedural (Stasis)
42. Are there associated commonplaces for this metaphor that can be turned against the arguer?
Parallelism
Refutation Potential
Begging the Question
(Special Topoi for) Democrats
43. 'X causes Y' is a warrant for what argument
(Evaluation Criteria for) Value-Oriented Arguments
Cause 9Arguing that something caused something else)
Anadiplosis
Non Sequitur
44. Repetition of the endings of successive clauses - sentences - or lines.
Emotionally Charged (Language)
Value Hierarchies
Epistrophe
Begging the Question
45. 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:
Epanalepsis
Blame
Analogy
Aristotle
46. Agreeing to some of the arguments made by your opponents so that you can focus on others
(Argument of ) General probability
Conceding Arguments
Anadiplosis
Cost
47. Arguments that are flawed (not from formal logic)
Valid
(Argument from) Testimony
Burden of proof
Fallacies
48. 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
Status
Ill
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
Epanalepsis
49. Good Moral Character
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
Locus of Quality
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
Checking for Cause argement
50. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?
Narrative
Agree on Commonality then refute
Analogy
Claim