Mike is the sort of guy who likes to kick puppies for fun, so you can't trust him when it comes to physics.
yes
ad hominem
100
Celebrity scientist (PhD zoology, Oxford) and yellthinker Richard Dawkins claims that date rape is equivalent to having a small sum of money stolen. Therefore date rape isn't really so bad.
yes
improper appeal to authority
100
This logical concept refers to an argument form wherein, if all the premises are true, then the conclusion cannot be false.
What is deductive validity.
100
The name we give to the form of reasoning that attempts to predict future observations on the basis of past observations.
What is inductive reasoning?
100
According to Sober, this is one of the definitive features of philosophy.
What is dealing with questions of ultimate justification, generality, or conceptual clarification.
200
Hey Logan, we shouldn't have class on Friday. There are starving children in Africa, after all.
yes
red herring/non-sequitur
200
Don't murder! Otherwise you'll be put in a metal box for a long time.
no fallacy
200
What, if anything, is wrong with the following argument?
1. If it's time to party, then we will party hard.
2. It's not time to party.
3. Therefore, we will not party hard.
invalid argument (denying the antecedent)
200
This is one the primary differences, according to Sober, between deductive and non-deductive reasoning.
What is the guarantee of truth versus the likelihood of truth.
or
What is the possibility versus the impossibility of going beyond the content of the premises.
200
This is the branch of philosophy that attempts to answer the question, "What, if anything, exists?".
What is metaphysics?
300
A homeless child begs you for your leftover McDonald's food, citing the fact that he hasn't eaten in days.
no fallacy
300
When did you stop celebrating Grand Funk Railroad's entire catalog of songs?
yes
complex question
300
The name we give to an argument that is valid and has true premises.
What is a sound argument?
300
With this form of reasoning, we attempt to explain our observation(s) on the basis of some unobserved hypothesis.
What is abductive reasoning?
300
This is the branch of philosophy that attempts to answer the question, “Do we know anything, and if so, how?”.
What is epistemology?
400
Agnes: "We should clean out the closets. They are getting a bit messy."
Horatio: "Why, we just went through those closets last year. Do we have to clean them out every day?"
Agnes: "I never said anything about cleaning them out every day. You just want to keep all your junk forever, which is ridiculous."
yes
straw man
400
Four out of five dentists recommend ShynBrite toothpaste. Therefore it must be great.
yes
hasty generalization
400
What, if anything, is wrong with the following argument? (assume true premises)
1. If Shakespeare were alive today, he'd be disappointed with the current state of literature.
2. Shakespeare is not disappointed with the current state of literature.
3. Therefore Shakespeare is not alive today.
nothing wrong
400
Both of the factors that make for a good inductive argument.
What is large sample size and representativeness?
400
Suppose a champion MMA fighter tells you "2+2=5 or I'm going to hit you in the mouth." What sort of reason has this gentleman given you to believe that 2+2=5?
prudential reason
500
If such actions were not illegal, then they would not be prohibited by law.
yes
begging the question
500
Nothing is better than a cold beer.
A warm beer is better than nothing.
Therefore, a warm beer is better than a cold beer.
yes
equivocation
500
The name we give to an argument that is valid, has true premises, and uses only premises that are accepted by the argument's audience.
What is a cogent argument.
500
We observe, O: The grass is wet.
We hypothesize, H1: It rained.
And, H2: The sprinkler was running.
By applying the surprise principle, is H1 or H2 the favored explanation?
neither is favored -- they are equally favored
500
According to this theory of truth, to say that the sentence "Snow is white" is true is just to say that snow is white. (And nothing more.)
What is redundancy theory, or minimal theory, or disquotational theory, or deflationary theory?