Vocab 1
Argumentative
often disagreeing with people
Pursue
to follow a course of activity
Minimal
A very small amount
Assign
to give someone something to do
You must follow the laws of the country because it is illegal to break the law.
Circular Reasoning
Solitary
in a place or situation where there are no other people
Risk-taker
person who is not afraid, and often does things differently
Scale
a range of marks used to measure something
Distraction
Something that gets your attention and prevents you from concentrating
Bill took this pill and said his hair grew back, therefore it must work.
Anecdotal evidence
Proportion
the relationship between two or more quantities
Comprehensive
including many details or aspects of something
Unconventional
different from what most people consider normal
Not working in a successful or normal way
A vote was taken at last week's meeting to follow through with this decision.
No fallacy- used proof of group consensus
Confidential
Describing something that must be kept secret
Framework
a set of principles, ideas etc that you use when you are forming your decisions and judgments
Momentum
progress or development that is becoming faster or stronger
Maverick
An independent person with different ideas and behaviors
God is real because Kanye West said he spoke to him.
Assertion of authority/ anecdotal evidence
Preconception
an opinion about something that you form before you have a lot of information about it or experience of it
Reliance
the state of depending on a particular person or thing
Integrate
to connect or combine two or more things so that together they form an effective unit or system
Underlying
Not obvious or directly stated
What 3 things make a good argument?
1. Collective experience
2. Research
3. Proof of Group Consensus