Propositions
A debate proposition argued to determine right or wrong.
What is a proposition of VALUE?
Thank you for what?
What is ARGUING?
This is the best evidence you can find to support a claim or prove a point.
What is PRIMARY evidence?
To reasonably and reflectively decide what to believe or do
What is CRITICAL THINKING?
Claiming something bad will happen as a result of agreement.
What is the SLIPPERY SLOPE or
WRONG ENDING FALLACY?
A debate proposition argued to determine truth.
What is a proposition of FACT?
This is "the art of influence, friendship and eloquence, of ready wit and irrefutable logic."
What is the art of RHETORIC (word usage and meaning)?
This type of evidence cannot be found.
What is NEGATIVE evidence?
To be unbiased when investigating or researching a controversy.
What is IMPARTIALITY? or
What is DISINTEREST?
Providing some evidence that supports a claim while ignoring other evidence that could just as convincingly refute the claim.
What is the fallacy of CHERRY PICKING?
A debate proposition argued to establish a rule or regulation.
What is proposition of POLICY?
Socrates, Plato, and this other ancient Greek.
Who is ARISTOTLE?
This type of evidence strengthens other evidence.
What is CORROBORATIVE evidence?
This is when the debater agrees with their opponent.
What is CONCESSION?
Asserting that a relationship between two things means that one caused the other to happen.
What is the fallacy of confusing CORRELATION WITH CAUSATION? or
What is the CAUSE AND EFFECT FALLACY?
A point of view for understanding the proposition.
What is a FRAME?
This is the art of the appropriate.
What is DECORUM?
This type of evidence is admissible in court.
What is JUDICIAL evidence?
Disreputable, inaccurate, manipulative or hurtful information.
What is the DISINFORMATION? or
What is PROPAGANDA?
A personal attack on the opposing debater to diminish their credibility rather than debate the substance of their argument.
What is an AD HOMINEM FALLACY?
Clearly restate the proposition and the frame, amplify your strongest argument; rebut the other side's frame and refute its evidence; conclude with emotion.
What is PERORATION?
In the 2016 election, it turns out that many voters wanted this type of person for a president (p. 209)
What is a BULLY?
Information found on social media?
What is PUBLIC WRITING?
This standard model of argumentation requires grounds to support a claim, a warrant or the reasoning for that support, some backing for that support, a qualifier that expresses the limitations of the claim, and a pre-emptive rebuttal.
What is the TOULMIN MODEL?
This is a rhetorical device--a figure of speech, that is difficult to refute because it suggests the other side has an opinion of a claim based on emotion rather than reasoning.
What is "I FEEL LIKE..."?