Rhetorical Syllogism: Accepted, Probable Premises and Persuasion

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• What kind of conclusion does the textbook associate with rhetorical syllogism?
• What are the two characteristic kinds of rhetorical premises?
• What mainly makes a premise a maqbūlah?
• On what basis does a maẓnūnah normally rest?
• Why is it wrong to infer that rhetorical arguments are always false?
• Which premise category best fits acceptance of a competent engineer’s professional advice?
• How should “Sun, dry soil and wilting leaves suggest a water shortage” be classified?
• What distinguishes a dialectical concession from a rhetorical accepted premise?
• Which distinction between mashhūrāt and maqbūlāt is correct?
• How can intuition and experience appear in the rhetorical discussion of probable premises?
• What if reports fall short of the conditions for tawātur?
• What is the text’s special distinction concerning prophetic reports?
• What is wrong with “Listeners were persuaded, therefore the claim is true”?
• What practical goal does the text and commentary assign to rhetoric?
• What does the requirement that premises be persuasive to listeners mean?
• Why is changing “often helpful” into “certainly helpful every time” defective?
• What does correct argumentative form not by itself establish?
• What is a primary check before relying on a statement attributed to a respected scholar?
• Which is a better example of a dialectical concession than rhetorical testimony?
• When is simplifying technical terms for the public a good rhetorical practice?
• Why should maẓnūnāt not be equated with baseless fancies?
• Which separate section begins after rhetorical syllogism?
• Which art is especially relevant when an argument aims to persuade a group toward useful action?
• How may a widely repeated report be assessed when tawātur conditions are not established?
• Which three features should be assessed separately in a rhetorical argument?
• What chiefly distinguishes the matter of demonstration from rhetoric?
• A speaker has only weak indications but claims certainty. What correction is appropriate?
• What does the requirement that premises be useful to preachers emphasize?
• Trust in an attributed source can make a proposition a maqbūlah.
• Because rhetoric yields probability, its conclusion must be false.
• The source assigns prophetic reports a standing distinct from ordinary rhetorical accepted reports.
• If an audience is persuaded, every premise becomes certain and the inference demonstrative.