This concept describes a desire to understand motivated by genuine curiosity
What is Verstehen?
100
Assuming that something is good because it is popular
What is the bandwagon fallacy?
100
This mode of argument is the way that affirms by affirming
What is modus ponens?
100
This is the statement you ask others to accept or reject.
What is the claim?
100
This philosopher, born in 384 BCE, is credited as inventing the study of logic in the Western world?
Who is Aristotle?
200
This types of definition might be found in a dictionary; it place a term in its proper genus and species.
What is a formal definition?
200
this type of argument becomes fallacious when the figure in question isn’t an expert on the subject or has some bias.
What is an authority appeal?
200
This is the mode of logic that negates by negating.
What is modus tollens?
200
This is evidence or support you offer that proves support available for the claim.
What are grounds?
200
This twentieth-century philosopher is credited with "updating" Aristotle's work on logic by creating a "universal" analysis of everyday argument.
Who is Stephen Toulmin?
300
Identifies an object or idea by what it does or what conditions it creates.
What is an operational definition?
300
This fallacy assumes a causal relationship among things because they are related in time and/or space.
What is a post hoc fallacy?
300
The following is an example of this type of syllogism: "I will buy an iPhone or an Android. I bought an iPhone. Therefore, I did not buy an android."
What is a disjunctive syllogism?
300
This is a general statement that justifies using the grounds as a basis for the claim.
What is a warrant?
300
This is the nineteenth-century mathematician who worked in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic that introduced the foundational elements of logic: the terms "and," "or," and "not."
Who is George Boole?
400
This type of argument by fact challenges beliefs based on inadequate or faulty information.
What is corrective argument?
400
This fallacy responds to a charge with a countercharge
What is Tu Quoque?
400
The following represents what type of syllogism: "All mammals have hair on their bodies. Dogs are a mammal. Therefore, dogs have hair on their bodies."
What is a categorical syllogism?
400
This part of argument offers additional support for the grounds or the warrant.
What is backing?
400
This philosophical concept literally means "I say," but more centrally describes the centrality of the word to philosophies of mind and presence.
What is logos?
500
This mode of defining define a class by listing its individual members.
What is definition by example?
500
This fallacy assumes as true that which it hopes to prove is true.
What is begging the question?
500
This type of syllogism is represented below: "If I log enough hours this month, then I'll qualify for my commercial license (COMMS). I logged enough hours this month. Therefore, I qualified form my COMMS."
What is a hypothetical syllogism?
500
This is a statement that modifies the force of the claim.
What is the qualifier?
500
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