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Argument Types Flashcards

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What type of argument is this?

“Statements commit X to the position that”

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Main point or main conclusion

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What type of argument is this?

“The main conclusion is”

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Main point or main conclusion

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What type of argument is this?

“A method of reasoning employed by the argument”

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ID reasoning

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What type of argument is this?

“The main point at issue is”

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Conclusion variants: point at issue agree/disagree

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5
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What type of argument is this?

“Are committed to disagreeing about”

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Conclusion variant: point at issue or agree/disagree

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What type of argument is this?

“The argument proceeds by”

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ID reasoning

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What type of argument is this?

“A technique of reasoning employed by the argument”

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ID reasoning

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What type of reasoning is this?

” X responds by”

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ID reasoning variant: ID response

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What type of reasoning is this?

“Responds in which one of the following ways

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ID reasoning variant: ID response

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What type of reasoning is this?

“Uses which one of the following techniques in countering”

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ID reasoning variant: ID response

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What type of argument is this?

“The role of statement X in the argument is”

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ID reasoning variant: role of statement

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14
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What type of argument is this?

” the statement X figures in the argument in which one of the following ways”

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ID reasoning variant: role of statement

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15
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What type of argument is this?

“Must also be true”

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Inference

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16
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What type of argument is this?

“each of the following could be true EXCEPT”

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Inference variants: could be true/must be false

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17
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What type of argument is this?

“Conclusion would not follow it”

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Weaken

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What type of argument is this?

“Expresses a point of agreement”

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Conclusion variants: point at issue or agree/disagree

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What type of argument is this?

“Can most properly be concluded”

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Inference

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21
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What type of argument is this?

“Which of the following conclusions can be properly drawn”

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Inference

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22
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What type of argument is this?

“CANNOT be true”

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Inference variants: could be true/must be false

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23
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What type of argument is this?

“Is assumed by the argument”

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Assumption

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24
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What type of argument is this?

“Which one of the flowing could be true”

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Inference variants: could be true/must be false

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What type of argument is this?

“The argument leads to the conclusion that”

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Main point or main conclusion

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What type of argument is this?

“Most logically completes the argument”

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Inference variant: fill-in

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27
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What type of argument is this?

“Provides a logical completion” ( the argument ends with ______)

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Inference variant: fill-in

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28
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What type of argument is this?

“Relies on the fact that”

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Assumption

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29
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What type of argument is this?

“most seriously weakens the argument”

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Weaken

30
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What type of argument is this?

“Undermines the conclusion”

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Weaken

31
Q

What type of argument is this?

“Casts doubt upon”

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Weaken

32
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What type of argument is this?

“An assumption on which the argument depends”

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Assumption

33
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What type of argument is this?

“Overlooks the possibility that”

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Weaken

34
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What type of argument is this?

“Most strengthens”

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Strengthen

36
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What type of argument is this?

“Most strongly supports the conclusion”

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Strengthen

37
Q

What type of argument is this.

“Follows logically if which one of the following is assumed”

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Strengthen

38
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What type of argument is this?

“Allows the conclusion to be properly drawn”

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Strengthen

39
Q

What type of argument is this?

“Would be most useful to know in evaluating the argument”

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Weaken/strengthen variant: evaluate

40
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What type of argument is this?

Conform: “conforms to which one of the following generalizations”’

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Principle

42
Q

What type of argument is this?

“The answer to which one of the following questions would contribute to an evaluation”

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Weaken/ strengthen variant: evaluation

43
Q

What type of argument is this?

“The principle above would justify which one of the following judgments”

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Principle variant: use the principle

44
Q

What type of argument is this?

“In evaluating the argument,!it would be most useful to know whether”

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Weaken/strengthen variant: evaluate

45
Q

What type of argument is this?

“The main point is”

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Main point or main conclusion

46
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What type of argument is this?

“Reasoning most closely conforms to which one of the following principles

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Principle

47
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What type of argument is this?

Conform: “which statement most closely conforms to the principle stated above”

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Principle variant: use the principle

48
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What type of argument is this?

“Is an application of the principle above”

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Principle variant: use the principle

49
Q

What type of argument is this?

“Commits which one of the following errors of reasoning”

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Flaw

50
Q

What type of argument is this?

“Most helps to resolve the apparent paradox”

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Resolve/explain

51
Q

What type of argument is this?

Justify: “ the principle above most strongly supports which one if the following arguments”

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Principle variant: Use the principle

52
Q

What type of argument is this?

Justify: “principle, if established, would most help to justify”

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Principle

53
Q

What type of argument is this?

“Argument is flawed because”

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Flaw

54
Q

What type of argument is this?

“Reasoning is questionable because”

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Flaw

55
Q

What type of argument is this?

“Most helps to explain the apparent discrepancy”

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Resolve/explain

56
Q

What type of argument is this?

“Provides a resolution to the apparent inconsistency”

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Resolve/explain

57
Q

What type of argument is this?

“Most closely paralleled by”

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Parallel

58
Q

What type of argument is this?

“Most similar knits logical structure to”

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Parallel

59
Q

What type of argument is this?

“Pattern of reading is most similar to”

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Parallel

60
Q

What type of argument is this?

“Exhibits a flawed pattern if reasoning most like”

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Parallel variant: parallel-flaw

61
Q

What type of argument is this?

Contains questionable reasoning that is most similar to”

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Parallel variant: parallel-flaw

62
Q

What type of argument is this?

“Questionable reasoning is most closely paralleled by”

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Parallel variant: parallel-flaw

63
Q

What type of argument is this?

“Is most vulnerable to criticism on the ground that”

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Flaw

64
Q

What type of argument is this?

“Is required in order for the conclusion to be properly drawn”

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Assumption

65
Q

What type of argument is this?

“Calls into question”

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Weaken

66
Q

What type of argument is this?

“Most strongly support the inference”

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Inference

71
Q

What type of argument is this?

“Principle provides the strongest support for the conclusion”

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Principle

89
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What type of argument is this?

“An issue in dispute is”

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Conclusions variants: point at issue or agree/disagree

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