AP Vocabulary 147-167 Flashcards
Heretical
Violating accepted dogma or convention
Vilify
To defame
Dogmatic
Expressing a rigid opinion based on many years
Perennial
Recurrent through the year or many years
A Fallacy
erroneous argument dependent upon an unsound or illogical contention
Appeal to Ignorance
Happens when one individual utilizes lack of information on a subject as proof that the argument is right
Appeal to authority
Known as Argumentive Verecundia instead of concentrsting on the benifits of an argument
Appeal to Popular Opinion
Sort of appeals is when somebody asserts that a thought or conviction is correct
Association Fallacy
Sometimes called guilt by affiliation this happens when somebody connects a particular thought or issue to something or somebody negative
Attacking the person
Also regarded as argumentum ad hominem this is a common fallacy used during debates where an individual substitutes a rebuttal with a personal insult
Begging the Question
Conclusion of a contention is accpeted as a statement of the inquiry itself
Circular Argument
Known as Circulus in probando this error is committed when an argument takes its evidence from an element inside the argument itself.
Relationship implies Causation
Deception on which the individual making the contention joins two occassions that happen
False Dilemma
This error happens when somebody presents thier argument in such a way that there are two alternatives left
Logical Conclusions
This is a fallacy where in somebody attest a conclsion that does not follow from the suggestions