6 Critical Analysis of Arguments

Question 1

What is logic?

Answer 1

Logic is like a set of rules for thinking clearly and figuring out if something is true. It helps us make good decisions and avoid mistakes.

Question 2

What is the law of non-contradiction?

Answer 2

It means something can’t be true and false at the same time.

Question 3

What is inductive reasoning?

Answer 3

It’s using your experiences to make general conclusions.

Question 4

What is deductive reasoning?

Answer 4

It’s using general rules to figure out specific things.

Question 5

What is an argument?

Answer 5

It’s giving reasons to support an idea.

Question 6

What is arbitrariness?

Answer 6

It means doing something without a clear reason or purpose.

Question 7

What is relativism?

Answer 7

Relativism is the idea that what’s true for one person might not be true for another.

Question 8

What is ignorant conjecture?

Answer 8

It’s making a claim without good reasons or evidence to believe it.

Question 9

What is bias?

Answer 9

Bias is having a preference for one side without looking at all the facts.

Question 10

What is inconsistency?

Answer 10

It means your words and actions don’t match.

Question 11

What is reductio ad absurdum?

Answer 11

It’s showing that an argument leads to something impossible or silly.

Question 12

What is hypocrisy?

Answer 12

It’s saying one thing but doing the opposite.

Question 13

What are the consequences of an idea?

Answer 13

Consequences are the things that happen as a result of an idea or action.

Question 14

What are presuppositions?

Answer 14

It’s something you believe is true without thinking about it too much.

Question 15

What are preconditions of intelligibility?

Answer 15

They are the things that must be true for something to make sense.

Question 16

What is materialism?

Answer 16

It’s the idea that everything is made of physical stuff.

Question 17

What is determinism?

Answer 17

Determinism is the idea that everything that happens is already decided by things that happened before.

Question 18

What are abstract entities?

Answer 18

Abstract entities are things that exist in our minds and not in the physical world.

Question 19

What are essences?

Answer 19

Essences are the qualities that make something what it is.

Question 20

What is nominalism?

Answer 20

It’s the idea that names and categories are just things we make up.

Question 21

What is the inductive principle?

Answer 21

It’s the idea that we can learn about the future based on what happened in the past.

Question 22

What are some procedural errors when responding to arguments?

Answer 22

It’s making a mistake in how you respond to an argument.

Question 23

What does it mean to refute an argument?

Answer 23

It’s showing that an argument is wrong by identifying a mistake in its reasoning or a false premise.

Question 24

Can an argument have a false conclusion even if the argument itself is refuted?

Answer 24

Refuting an argument doesn’t automatically make the conclusion false.

Question 25

What is informal logic?

Answer 25

It’s like figuring out the hidden meanings and assumptions in everyday conversations and arguments.

Question 26

What are informal fallacies?

Answer 26

They are common mistakes in reasoning that can make arguments weak or misleading.

Question 27

What are fallacies of ambiguity?

Answer 27

They are mistakes in arguments that happen when words or phrases have more than one meaning and cause confusion.