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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Value Hierarchy Visualization in terms of high and low values (?/?)
Metaphor
Anadiplosis
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
Presumption
2. 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.
Plato
Metaphor
Debate Resolutions
Disassociation of Concepts
3. Opposite of Epistrophe
Non Sequitur
Questionable Analogy
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Anaphora
4. Using information from mercenary scientists is committing what fallacy?
Sophist
Appeal to Authority
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
Informal Debate
5. Taught by sophists; provides tools to recognize good arguments from bad ones
Example
Enthymeme
Parallelism
Rhetoric
6. Circular Reasoning
Begging the Question
(Argument by) Example
Common Practice (Fallacy)
(Argument from) Narrative
7. 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'
Tu Quoque
Attitudinal (inherency)
Aristotle
Decision Rules
8. When more than one vehicle is used for the same tenor - and those vehicles appear in close proximity to each other
Blame
Mixed Metaphor
(Fallacy of) Accident
Non Sequitur
9. Affirming or denying a point strongly by asking it as a question; also called a 'rhetorical question'
Parallelism
Erotema
Unsound
Parallelism
10. Ill - Blame - Cure - Cost
Definitional (Stasis)
Stock Issues
Tu Quoque
Euphimism
11. Faling to bring relevant evidence to bear on an argument
Questionable Analogy
Epanalepsis
Term I/Term II
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
12. Show that an opponent's argument actually supports your side of the debate (often accompanied by a flip in values)
(Argument from) Narrative
Non Sequitur
Turn
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
13. Good Moral Character
Disassociation of Concepts
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
Second (or) Third
Disjunctive (Syllogism)
14. Literally - 'wise one' ; taught rhetoric to citizenry
Locus of Essence
Situationally flawed
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
Sophist
15. Common practice and traditional wisdom fallacies are categories of _____
Quantitative (significance)
Direct Refutation
Less Valued Term/Higher Valued Term
Tu Quoque
16. 'If two things are alike in most respects - they will be alike in this respect too' Warrant for what arg?
Parallelism
Analogy
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
17. 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.
Appeal to Authority
Situationally flawed
(Argument from) Sign
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
18. Values what is at the core or essence of a group (or class) rather than what is at the margins
(Argument from) Sign
Antithesis
Cicero's Four Stasis Points
Locus of Essence
19. If A then B B Therefore - A
Metaphor
Correctio
Affirming the Consequent (INVALID)
Red Herring
20. 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'
(Special Topoi for) Republicans
Checking for Analogy argument
(Argument by) Example
Denying the Antecedent (INVALID)
21. 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?
(Argument by) Example
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Checking for Example argument
22. _____ thought that the most worthy study is one that advances the student's ability to speak and deliberate on affairs of the state.
Protagoras
Tu Quoque
Formal Logic
Isocrates
23. Are the two things really alike - or are there significant differences that might make them unalike in this respect? Are the negative consequences to comparing these two things? Is the analogy clear or confusing?
Invalid (Categorical Syllogism)
Grounds (or data)
Checking for Analogy argument
Litotes
24. Consistency - Decorum - Refutation Potential - Cliche and Mixed _____ are forms of judging ______(s)
Fallacies
Metaphor
Good Moral Character
False Charge of Fallacy
25. What kind of commonplaces 'deflect reality'
Nonassociated (commonplaces)
Aristotle
Mixed Metaphor
Associated Commonplaces
26. Personal charm - sex appeal - leadership qualities (Ethos)
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Metaphor
Refutation
Charisma
27. Ask a rhetorical question
Erotema
Blame
Protagoras
Epistrophe
28. 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
Loci of the Preferable
Situationally flawed
Mercenary Scientists
Argument
29. Relative advantages and disadvantages of the new policy. Are the adverse effects going to outweigh the benefits?
Sign
Cost
Appeal to Authority
Common Practice (Fallacy)
30. Is a variation of the tu quoque; it is when you justify a wrong by saying that most other people do it too.
Common Practice (Fallacy)
Anaphora
(Argument by) Example
Suppressed or Overlooked Evidence
31. ______ are hired to create manufactroversy
Checking for Analogy argument
Quantity Quality Essence Existent
Mercenary Scientists
Hyperbole
32. Incorrectly assuming that what is true of the parts is true of the whole
Isocrates
Gorgias
Composition
Tisias
33. 'When a qualified person says something is true - it's true' is a warrant for what arg?
Hasty Generalization
Modus Tollens
Testimony
Sophist
34. An explicit metaphor that overtly compares two things - often using the words 'like' or 'as'
Quantitative (significance)
Simile
Metaphor
Tu Quoque
35. 'Bad eggs are all you are likely to get from a bad crow' was said where?
False Charge of Fallacy
(at the) Corax (and) Tisias trial
Ambiguity
Value-Oriented Arguments
36. All A are B -no B are C - therefore - no A are C
Syllogism
Value Hierarchies
Categorical (Syllogism)
Cicero's Four Stasis Points
37. If A then B Not B Therefore not A
Epanalepsis
Modus Tollens
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
38. Leaving no doubt - unambiguous
(Special Topoi for) Science
Unequivocal
Cliche
Litotes
39. Associated words or ideas with a vehicle or tenor
Commonplaces
Appeal to Authority
Culturetypal (Metaphor)
Informal Debate
40. Incorrectly assuming that one choice or another must be made when other choices are available or when no choice must be made
Honesty - Dedication - Courage
Rhetoric
False Dichotomy
First
41. 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
Ad Hominem
Unrepresentative Sample
Term I (Disassociation Pair)
42. Asks - 'what is it?' Involves a question of meaning when a debate turns to the proper definition of terms.
Hyperbole
Unrepresentative Sample
Aristotle
Definitional (Stasis)
43. The list that builds
Rhetoric
Litotes
Incrementum
Traditional Wisdom (Fallacy)
44. It does not follow - Red Herring belongs to this category
Second (or) Third
Appeal to Authority
Non Sequitur
Hyperbole
45. Grounds ---> Claim | Warrant
Gorgias
Tools of Refutation
Presumption
Toulmin Model
46. 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'
(Argument from) Sign
Epanalepsis
Gorgias
Term II (Disassociation Pair)
47. An argument with true premises and valid form
Sound
Syllogism
Good Moral Character
(Fallacy of) Accident
48. 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'
(Argument from) Cause
(Argument of ) General probability
Accident
Straw Person
49. _____ rejected rhetoric as flattery - not truth - a 'knack' on par with 'cookery' and 'cosmetics'
Checking for Analogy argument
Fallacies
Structural (inherency)
Plato
50. Specific evidence or reason to support the claim (often introduced with the words 'because' or 'since')
Anaphora
Grounds (or data)
Epanalepsis
Blame