To argue is to provide rational reasons for or against an idea or action.
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Define philosopher, using the Greek roots.
Taken from the Greek words philos and sophia, it literally means a lover of wisdom.
100
Representative Johnson has no grounds making any judgment about the President. It's been proven that he's an adulterer himself.
tu quoque
100
We need a summer vacation because kids and teachers need time to enjoy the sun and warm weather.
Begging the question
100
Dozens of people are switching from Sprint to Verizon. You should too!
Mob Appeal
200
What is the name for an argument that is based on a misuse of statistics?
fake precision
200
What is the name of an appeal to those of "discriminating tastes"?
snob appeal
200
You can't accept his argument against abortion. He's a man, so he doesn't have to be pregnant. Plus, he's a member of Catholic Church, which opposes abortion.
Ad hominem circumstantial
200
I'm not really an excellent student. I just listen well in class, do my homework, and receive mostly A's.
Distinction without a Difference
200
After I read the back cover of the book, I knew I wouldn't like it. After all, you don't have to eat a whole cake to know if it's bad.
False Analogy
300
Define an irrelevant thesis fallacy.
An argument that proves a different point than the one relevant at the moment.
300
Define equivocation.
An argument that fails because a key term is ambiguous.
300
Don't be just another student that can't get into a decent college because of mediocre SAT scores. Use the Miss De Boer, supercalifragilisticxpladocious method! You don't have to settle for mediocrity!
Either Appeal to Fear or possibly Snob Appeal
300
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Accent
300
Of course our school should start a hockey team. I have evidence right here that shows that students who participate in sports perform better academically.
Irrelevant Thesis
400
Explain the difference between hasty and sweeping generalization fallacies.
Hasty creates a generalization based on too few examples, whereas a sweeping generalization takes a broad generalization and forgets there are exceptions.
400
What are the four types of illegitimate authority?
an unnamed source, a celebrity, a biased expert, or an expert in an unrelated field
400
The Heidelberg Catechism has been around ever since the 1500's, so it must be good.
Chronological Snobbery
400
A spider bit me once, it got infected, and I had to go to the doctor for medicine. All spiders are dangerous.
Hasty Generalization
400
Homework is given in every school and always will be. Just accept your fate.
Is-ought
500
What question does the branch of metaphysics seek to answer?
What is really real?
500
What question does the branch of epistemology seek to answer?
How can we know what we know?
500
All teachers enter the profession just so they can boss kids around and sit at the pool all summer.
Straw man fallacy
500
Do not trust atoms. They make up everything.
Equivocation
500
Miss De Boer didn't have her coffee this morning. That must be why she is grumpy.