Logical Fallacies 1
Unlike formal logic, logical fallacies are _____.
What is informal?
The three rhetorical appeals that logical fallacies are often structured around.
What are ethos, logos, and pathos?
The direct statement of your argument; the claim you're making.
What is a thesis statement?
Distinct stages or categories used to analyze and classify the key points of dispute or contention within an argument or issue.
What are stases?
The discipline I'm earning my master's degree in.
What is folklore studies?
The fallacy that occurs when an argument is misrepresented so it's easier to refute.
What is the straw man fallacy?
In this fallacy, if one thing happens, it will lead to a chain of related (and often negative) events.
What is a slippery slope?
The premises or grounds that support your claim, provided by various sources.
What is evidence?
This stasis focuses on meaning and criteria; it focuses on whether something belongs to a category.
What is definition?
The state where I grew up.
What is Utah?
This fallacy involves attacking the person making the argument rather than the argument itself.
What is ad hominem?
This fallacy occurs when a claim is supported by the premise that is just a restatement of the claim itself.
What is circular reasoning?
This part of an argument or debate acknowledges opposing viewpoints and responds to them to strengthen the original argument.
What is a rebuttal/refutation?
This stasis argues for the worth or value of an action, idea, or object.
What is evaluation?
The theme song that should play when I enter a room.
What is the Wii Sports theme?
This fallacy happens when a claim is disconnected from its evidence or requires a leap in logic.
What is non sequitur?
This fallacy occurs when someone claims that there are only two possible options in a situation when there are, in fact, more.
What is a false dichotomy/false dilemma?
This framework helps to structure an argument in a logical format, consisting of claims, grounds, warrants, backing, and qualifiers.
What is the Toulmin Schema?
This stasis argues for the consequences of an issue or determines the events that led to the issue.
What is causal/cause and effect?
The mode of transportation that best reflects my personality.
What is a hobby horse?
This fallacy implies that because one event follows another, the first event must be the cause of the second.
What is post hoc, ergo propter hoc?
This term describes a fallacy where a conclusion is drawn from an inadequate or unrepresentative sample size.
What is a hasty generalization?
This part of an argument is based on shared assumptions with the audience; it explains how the grounds support the claim.
What is the warrant?
This stasis addresses actionable steps and changes; it justifies a solution.
What is a proposal?
The coolest cultural artifact I'd want to show an alien.
What are stuffed animals? OR What is braille? (either answer gets points)