Critical Basics
A claim that something is or is not the case
Premise or Assertion
The idea that truth depends on what someone believes
Subjective Relativism
Words that are frequently found in arguments and signal that a premise and/or conclusion is present
Indicator words
A group of statements in which some of them (premises) are intedned to support other (conclusion)
Argument
The view that truth is relative to societies
Social relativism
The study of good reasoning, or inference, and the rules that govern it
Logic
In an argument, the statement that the premises are intended to support
Conclusion
Accepting the notion of subjective relativism or using it to support a claim
Subjective fallacy
The process of reasoning from a premise or premises to a conclusion based on those premises
Inference
A statement or statements that are intended to tell us why or how something is the case
Explanation
The view that we know much less than we think or that we know nothing at all
Group pressure to accept or reject a claim solely based on the ideas and opinions of the surrounding group
The systematic evaluation of formulation of statements by rational standards
Critical thinking
Those who embrace philosophical skepticism
Philosophical skeptics
The fallacy of arguing that a claim must be true solely based on a substantial number of people believing it
Appealing to popularity (appealing to the masses)