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Fallacies 1
types of arguments
vocabulary!
things that cloud
fallacies 2
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this is when an argument fails to bring relevant evidence into account in order to reach a specific conclusion.
What is Suppressed Evidence?
100
This is the two main types of logical arguments
What is inductive and deductive reasoning?
100
In any given 'argument' or attempt to pursuade- this is what you call the reasons given for accepting the conclusion.
What is 'the premises'?
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This is an insufficiently grounded belief
What is it called when you hold a belief about a controversial issue that you have not really thought through but still hold a strong opinion?
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This is what it's called when someone deliberately misinterpretes a word or idea to mean something else.
What is the fallacy of equivocation
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This is an argument that attacks the person making it rather than the argument itself:
What is Ad Hominum
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This is an argument that states that if the premises are true, the conclusion MUST be true
What is a deductive argument?
200
This is an argument where a person uses reasoning to reach a conclusion that is likely to be true if the premises are true.
What is an inductive argument?
200
This is a worldview or philosophy.
What is the ideas and standards that we grow up with that make up our overall view of the world?
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This is when someone justifies something said to be wrong by saying that someone else did something wrong first.
What is the fallacy of two wrongs make a right?
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This is when you deliberately misrepresent or alter an opponents argument to make it easier to attack it.
What is a Straw Man fallacy?
300
this is a valid argument.
What is an argument in which the premises supplied give good reason to assume that the conclusion is correct.
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this is an argument in which if both or all of the premises are true, than the conclusion MUST be true.
What is a valid argument?
300
These are beliefs about values and beliefs about matters of fact.
What are the two types of background beliefs that affects how we understand arguments. (you need both of these...)
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This is when you judge someone based only the company they keep:
What is 'guilt by association'?
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This is when you assume the as true the very thing we're trying to prove:
What is begging the question?
400
this is a cogent argument.
What is it called when an argument has believable premises, relevant information is addressed, and the reasoning used to draw a conclusion is valid?
400
This is when an argument is both valid AND factually correct.
What is a sound argument?
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This is the question you want to ask to determine if something is an argument or not.
What is "Is someone trying to convince me of something?"
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This is when you mistakenly judge a whole thing using only one small part.
What is the fallacy of composition?
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This is when you claim something to be right (or wrong) because no one has proven differently as of yet:
What is an Appeal to Ignorance?
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This is an argument that is overseen by a neutral or third party who enforces rules and standards and then decides who won.
What is a forensic debate?
500
This is a statement that is meant to give information, express feelings or communicated, but is NOT meant to persuade
What is an expository statement?
500
These are the nature of human nature and the reliability of information
What is the two most important types of background beliefs that can affect how a person sees the the world?
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This is when you claim that if one thing occurs or if one point is granted, then an avalance of other things will neccesarily occur.
What is 'a slippery slope'?