Claim & Thesis
What kind of claim proposes a change to institutional norms?
Claim of Policy
When using evidence from other sources always add this to indicate where you got it from
Citation and References
What is a logical fallacy?
errors in reasoning, making the argument weak, uses invalid premises, conclusions that do not follow, assumptions that are inaccurate, etc.
What is the logical fallacy?
Circular Reasoning
What is Steven Pinker's main argument in "Taming the Devil Within Us?
That violence has declined since we began to document behavior, and the best reason for this change is that people have been getting smarter.
What kind of claim argues that something is good or bad, right or wrong.
Claim of Value
when the article you need to cite does not have page numbers, how do you cite a paraphrased idea for your in-text citations (according to THIS CLASS)?
para. 16
Section 1; para. 16
What is a false analogy?
A fallacy that occurs when an analogy compares two things that are not comparable
Either you use ChatGPT for your essays, or reveal to your professor what a terrible writer you are.
What is this fallacy?
False dilemma
Explain Jonathan's Haidt's rider metaphor.
The elephant and rider is a metaphor for the human mind.
The elephant represents our instincts and emotions. The rider represents logic, the mechanism that tries to control our instincts. The rider is not as strong as the elephant.
What kind of claim asserts that something is true, based on evidence?
Claim of fact
What type of evidence can be represented in numbers?
Quantitative Evidence; statistics
What is ad hominem fallacy?
Attacking the character of your opponent, rather than addressing the issue.
“Everyone is using ChatGPT so I have to use it too!"
What fallacy is this?
Bandwagon Appeal
Ad Populum Fallacy
What is shoeburyness?
The uncomfortable feeling you get when sitting on a warm seat that has just been vacated by someone else.
What should you do to a claim that is overly general?
Limit it
What is the name of the evidence that comes from first-hand experience, or stories?
Anecdotal
No one I know has heard about anyone who suffered from the latest earthquake; therefore, the reports of devastation are exaggerated.
No one has been able to disprove that Sasquatch exists. Therefore, Sasquatch exists.
Appeal to ignorance.
If I don't use ChatGPT, I will fail my my assignment, and then fail all my PU classes, and then I'll never get a job to support me, so I'll never get married and have a family, and I'll die alone.
What fallacy is this?
Slippery Slope
What is hypocognition?
literally, not enough thinking
But it refers to not understanding or being aware of a concept because you have no words for it.
Use this template to make up a claim about ANYONE or ANYTHING.
The argument assumes that all dogs like peanut butter, without providing any evidence.
The argument assumes that everything unnatural is bad, without providing sufficient evidence.
The argument assumes that most of the world has access to clean drinking water - but this is not true!
When you cite Plato in your paper, but you got the Plato quote from Jonathan Haidt: what kind of citation do you use in APA?
secondary citation; indirect citation
What is straw man fallacy?
A fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea
Person 1: "I think we should restrict Gen AI for university introductory writing courses."
Person 2: "Oh, so you'd prefer that students never develop the skills to use AI properly in their future jobs? So, you would prefer that they get low-paying manufacturing jobs that don't require any skills?"
What is this fallacy?
Straw man
School classes: Name one reason why streaming kids according to ability is a GOOD idea, and one argument against it.
Pro streaming - kids are less bored; upper level kids do well, the teacher does not need to have several different options for the multi-level students
Con streaming - less peer to peer learning, the lower-level kids are always at a disadvantage