10-23-14 Vocab Quizz

Question 0

Argument

Answer 0

A reason for acting or believing

Question 1

Advocacy

Answer 1

The art of selecting and using arguments to support a cause or idea

Question 2

Argumentation

Answer 2

The study of the ways in which people argue

Question 3

Backing

Answer 3

Experience which supports the principles used in warrants

Question 4

Claim

Answer 4

The statement of a conclusion. It is another term for argument.

Question 5

Data

Answer 5

Information obtained from the senses. It is the evidence used to support claims

Question 6

Deductive reasoning

Answer 6

Reasoning from an accepted principle to a specific situation

Question 7

Inductive reasoning

Answer 7

Drawing conclusions about a general class of objects by studying individual members of that class

Question 8

Proposition

Answer 8

A conclusion, claim, or argument stated as a simple declarative sentence

Question 9

Proposition of fact

Answer 9

A statement which affirms or denies the existence of something, the occurrence of something, or the rlationship between two or more things

Question 10

Proposition of policy

Answer 10

A statement which calls for or opposes action

Question 11

Proposition of value

Answer 11

A statement composed of an evaluative term and an object of evaluation which evaluates something which exists, occurs, or some relationship between two or more things

Question 12

Reasoning from ampnalogy

Answer 12

Consists of making a comparison between two similar cases, and inferring that what is true in one case is true in another

Question 13

Reasoning from cause

Answer 13

Consists of inferring that one factor which is known or observed is responsible for producing something else which may not be known or observed

Question 14

Reasoning from Characteristic to Descriptive Generalization

Answer 14

Consists of inferring that one observed factor is a characteristic of something which is not observed

Question 15

Reasoning from Characteristic to Value Judgement

Answer 15

Inferring that one factor or a group of factors characterize goodness, badness, usefulness, beauty, etc.

Question 16

Reasoning from Sign

Answer 16

Inferring that some known or observed factor is an indication of the presence or existence of something which is not observed

Question 17

Warrant

Answer 17

A principle either stated or unstated which connects data with the thing claimed