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It is a way to decide whether a claim is true, sometimes true, or false.
What is critical thinking?
100
It is a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning in an argument.
What is a fallacy?
100
It is a form of social influence i.e. guiding people toward the acceptance of an idea.
What is persuasion?
100
A state in which a person holds a premise to be true.
What is a belief?
100
Where an arguer targets the audience's feelings on a matter
What is appeal to emotion?
200
The part of the Rhetorical Triangle that deals with examining forms of arguments for their validity.
What is logic?
200
It is characterized by an attitude towards questioning knowledge, facts, or opinions because of one's doubt.
What is skepticism?
200
It is the cognitive process of looking for beliefs, conclusions, actions, or feelings.
What is reasoning?
200
It is a person's subjective belief.
What is an opinion?
200
Where an arguer promotes the attention of an innocent subject in order to distract the audience from the guilty subject
What is a red herring?
300
An attempt to persuade someone of something.
What is an argument?
300
It is a statement that delineates an argument that's presented in a work (e.g. a report).
What is a thesis?
300
A process where certain things have been supposed.
What is a syllogism?
300
A state of being uninformed (a lack of knowledge)
What is ignorance?
300
Where an arguer attacks a misrepresentation of someone's viewpoints--forcing them to defend something they can't or don't want to
What is a straw man?
400
An argument is created by one or more of these.
What is a premise?
400
It is a fundamental cognitive orientation of a person or societies' philosophy, values, emotions, and ethics.
What is a worldview?
400
It is a fallacy: if p then q. Not p. Therefore, not q.
What is denying the antecedent?
400
The medical science that aids those with mental disorders
What is psychiatry?
400
Jumping to conclusions without all of the facts and doing so in a hostile manner
What is a hasty generalization?
500
It is a set of statements created to describe a set of facts and clarify their meaning.
What is an explanation?
500
E.g. egoism, individualism, hedonism
What is self-interest?
500
It is a fallacy: if p then q. q. Therefore, not p.
What is affirming the consequent?
500
Mathematics: the likelihood of potential outcomes
What is probability?
500
Presenting an argument where there are only two obvious outcomes,neither of which are acceptable
What is dilemma or false dilemma?