Agruments Flashcards

1
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red herring

A

skips a topic/avoid

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2
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Ad Herring

A

insults the person

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3
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Faulty Analogy

A

poor comparison

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4
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Strawman

A

ridicules

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5
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Either/Or

A

only 2 options

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6
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Hasty generalization

A

quick decision with no evidence

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7
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Circular reasoning

A

repeating the claim

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8
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Post Hoc

A

Incorrect to claim. One does not cause the other

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9
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Appeal False Authority

A

Not an expert

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10
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Bandwagon appeal

A

joining in

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11
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Argument

A

a process of reasoned

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12
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Claim

A

states the argument’s main idea

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13
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3 Types of Claim

A

-Fact
-Value
-Policy

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14
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Fact

A

something is true or not true

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15
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Value

A

something is good or bad

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16
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Policy

A

Propose a change

17
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Anecdotes

A

stories about other people

18
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Current Events

A

-Information
-Keeping up with what’s going on

19
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Historical Info

A

knows from research

20
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Expert Opinion

A

relying on the scientific method

21
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Quantitative Evidence

A

numbers, graphs, charts, etc