T.T. Lesson 4-5
This is made up of premises and conclusions and usually tries to convince you of something.
An argument
An eye witness. Somebody who saw an event with his or her own eyes or heard it with their own ears.
Primary source
True or False: All Either-Or arguments are not fallacies?
True
All generalizations can either be _______ or ________
Strong or weak
How many items are being compared in an analogy?
2
You can locate the _____________ of an argument by looking for the words "therefore" or "so".
Conclusion
When examining a persons testimony, a good detective will ask themselves, does this person have a reason to ________?
Lie
The fallacy also known as a false dilemma?
Either - Or Fallacy
A group of people or things which all have some common characteristics.
Class
A strong analogy is one that is likely to be __________.
True
A statement of inference that is not entirely backed by facts.
Opinion
A source that is not an eye witness.
Secondary
When someone says what is true of part of something must also be true of the whole thing
Part to Whole Fallacy
When you examine one or more people or things in a class, you are taking a ____________.
Sample
A claim that 2 items with only minor similarities are the same is a ____________ analogy
Weak
Any statement which can be directly observed by others or checked for accuracy.
Evidence that supports an argument such as physical or witness testimony.
Corroborating evidence.
When someone says what is true of something as a whole must also be true of it's parts.
Whole to part fallacy
When a sample is taken from a class, characteristics from the class are used to make a _______________.
Generalization
An analogy used by an author to make a point.
Poetic analogy
A logical conclusion made from facts.
Who initiated the capture of the Manoot painting?
Brinkley
What fallacy is this? Because scientists in general are smart, all scientists must be smart.
Whole to Part
What two ways are a hasty generalization made?
Small sample size or not representative sample size.
What words might the conclusion of a generalization have? Name 2
All, every, always