Definitions
The art and science of reasoning.
What is Logic?
The study of the origin and history of a word.
What is Etymology?
This occurs when a word or phrase has several common meanings, and it is unclear, from its context which meaning should be applied.
What is ambiguity?
The science of observing, organizing, and summarizing data into meaningful patterns; numbers that represent a large quantity of examples.
What is Statistics?
The two types of Logic.
What are deductive and inductive?
The art of public speaking.
A larger class that contains a wide variety of items sharing similarities.
What is a Genus?
A fallacy committed when someone uses alternative definitions of a word as though he was using one definition.
What is equivocation?
A group specially selected for a research study and which typically represents a picture of the general population.
What is a sample?
What is a Syllogism?
Greek rhetoricians that focused on style over content.
Who are Sophists?
A group of words having similar characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in the same class.
What is Species?
A fallacy of definition that occurs when someone used a vague, ambiguous word or phrase two different ways in the same argument - open to more than one interpretation -.
What is amphiboloy?
A sample in which all possible participants or examples in the study have an equal chance of being selected for observation.
What is a Random sample?
You should be careful not to use these when using examples.
What are hasty generalizations?
The system invented by Aristotle to help people discover all the possible arguments for a topic.
What are common topics?
A definition technique using an in-depth illustration to define a word.
What is example?
What is this an example of: Next Tuesday Mrs. Kail will be the soloist for the afternoon service. The pastor will then speak on "The trials of this life."
What is amphiboly?
Examples can also be known as __________.
What is a precedent?
An example that seems to disprove or contradict an arguer's thesis.
What is a counter example?
The definition technique used to explain a word in greater detail.
What is description?
What is vagueness?
What is this an example of: The eighth graders will be presenting Wicked at the Fox Theater on Friday at 6 p.m. The community is invited to attend the wonderful musical.
What is equivocation?
You should pick a __________ of examples.
What is a variety?
Exceptions or odd occurrences that don't fit a normal pattern.
What are anomalies?