Problems
What is a Red Herring?
A definition that makes something more specific and clear when it is ambiguous or vague.
What is a Precising Definition?
The art and science of reasoning well.
What is Logic?
A ___________ is a type of Definition by example for a food.
What is Spaghetti (Student Answer)?
States the essential attributes of a term.
What is the 1st Rule of Definition?
A fallacy where one person is attacking the character of another as an argument against the person, regardless of relevance to the subject.
What is an Ad Hominem?
A definition that explains what a word means specifically and clearly; you find this kind of definition in a dictionary.
What is a Lexical Definition?
What is the Law of the Excluded Middle?
A ___________ is a definition by Synonym for Special.
What is Unique (Student Answer)?
The 2nd Rule of Defining.
What is not a Circular Definition?
A fallacy where the speaker is looking at everyone around him to compare himself to others and using their consensus to build their argument.
What is Ad Populum?
A definition that uses strong words to define something, by bringing out an emotion, to invite you to side with the one defining.
What is a Persuasive Definition?
A statement cannot be both true and false.
What is the Law of Noncontradiction?
A ___________ is a definition by Genus and Species for Scarf.
What is a Wrap that is for your neck (Student Answer)?
A definition should be stated positively, if possible.
What is the 5th Rule of Definition?
A fallacy with a thinly veiled threat toward the person, Moms are really good at this fallacy.
What is Ad Baculum?
A definition that is made up by a person or known only to a small group/localized area.
What is a Stipulative Definition?
A type of logic that deals directly with reasoning and how we build an argument.
What is Formal Logic?
A ___________ is a definition by Genus and Species for Teddy Bear.
What is a Stuffed Animal made to look like a Bear?
A definition should not be unclear or figurative.
What is the 3rd Rule of Definition?