Vocab
What is the study of reasoning?
Logic
What are the two types of reasoning?
Inductive and deductive
What is syllogism composed of?
Major premise, minor premise, and a conclusion.
What are the two types of logic?
Formal and informal
What is the strawman fallacy?
A warped version of an argument
What is a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating truth or falsehood?
Argument
What does inductive reasoning start with?
A hypothesis
True or false? When there is false information within a syllogism, the conclusion cannot be logically valid.
False
What literary device does formal logic use?
Syntax
What is moral equivalence?
Comparing two incomparable things with an unfair argument.
What are info, facts, knowledge, etc. used to prove the speaker's argument is true or reasonable?
Evidence/Justification
Create an example of deductive reasoning.
Which type of reasoning does syllogism apply?
Deductive reasoning
Which form of logic focuses on the more “everyday” uses of argument?
Informal
What is post hoc ergo proctor hoc?
Someone reaches a conclusion based on an event followed by another event.