Argument Types Flashcards
What type of argument is this?
“Statements commit X to the position that”
Main point or main conclusion
What type of argument is this?
“The main conclusion is”
Main point or main conclusion
What type of argument is this?
“A method of reasoning employed by the argument”
ID reasoning
What type of argument is this?
“The main point at issue is”
Conclusion variants: point at issue agree/disagree
What type of argument is this?
“Are committed to disagreeing about”
Conclusion variant: point at issue or agree/disagree
What type of argument is this?
“The argument proceeds by”
ID reasoning
What type of argument is this?
“A technique of reasoning employed by the argument”
ID reasoning
What type of reasoning is this?
” X responds by”
ID reasoning variant: ID response
What type of reasoning is this?
“Responds in which one of the following ways
ID reasoning variant: ID response
What type of reasoning is this?
“Uses which one of the following techniques in countering”
ID reasoning variant: ID response
What type of argument is this?
“The role of statement X in the argument is”
ID reasoning variant: role of statement
What type of argument is this?
” the statement X figures in the argument in which one of the following ways”
ID reasoning variant: role of statement
What type of argument is this?
“Must also be true”
Inference
What type of argument is this?
“each of the following could be true EXCEPT”
Inference variants: could be true/must be false
What type of argument is this?
“Conclusion would not follow it”
Weaken
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“Expresses a point of agreement”
Conclusion variants: point at issue or agree/disagree
What type of argument is this?
“Can most properly be concluded”
Inference
What type of argument is this?
“Which of the following conclusions can be properly drawn”
Inference
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“CANNOT be true”
Inference variants: could be true/must be false
What type of argument is this?
“Is assumed by the argument”
Assumption
What type of argument is this?
“Which one of the flowing could be true”
Inference variants: could be true/must be false
What type of argument is this?
“The argument leads to the conclusion that”
Main point or main conclusion
What type of argument is this?
“Most logically completes the argument”
Inference variant: fill-in
What type of argument is this?
“Provides a logical completion” ( the argument ends with ______)
Inference variant: fill-in
What type of argument is this?
“Relies on the fact that”
Assumption
What type of argument is this?
“most seriously weakens the argument”
Weaken
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“Undermines the conclusion”
Weaken
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“Casts doubt upon”
Weaken
What type of argument is this?
“An assumption on which the argument depends”
Assumption
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“Overlooks the possibility that”
Weaken
What type of argument is this?
“Most strengthens”
Strengthen
What type of argument is this?
“Most strongly supports the conclusion”
Strengthen
What type of argument is this.
“Follows logically if which one of the following is assumed”
Strengthen
What type of argument is this?
“Allows the conclusion to be properly drawn”
Strengthen
What type of argument is this?
“Would be most useful to know in evaluating the argument”
Weaken/strengthen variant: evaluate
What type of argument is this?
Conform: “conforms to which one of the following generalizations”’
Principle
What type of argument is this?
“The answer to which one of the following questions would contribute to an evaluation”
Weaken/ strengthen variant: evaluation
What type of argument is this?
“The principle above would justify which one of the following judgments”
Principle variant: use the principle
What type of argument is this?
“In evaluating the argument,!it would be most useful to know whether”
Weaken/strengthen variant: evaluate
What type of argument is this?
“The main point is”
Main point or main conclusion
What type of argument is this?
“Reasoning most closely conforms to which one of the following principles
Principle
What type of argument is this?
Conform: “which statement most closely conforms to the principle stated above”
Principle variant: use the principle
What type of argument is this?
“Is an application of the principle above”
Principle variant: use the principle
What type of argument is this?
“Commits which one of the following errors of reasoning”
Flaw
What type of argument is this?
“Most helps to resolve the apparent paradox”
Resolve/explain
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Justify: “ the principle above most strongly supports which one if the following arguments”
Principle variant: Use the principle
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Justify: “principle, if established, would most help to justify”
Principle
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“Argument is flawed because”
Flaw
What type of argument is this?
“Reasoning is questionable because”
Flaw
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“Most helps to explain the apparent discrepancy”
Resolve/explain
What type of argument is this?
“Provides a resolution to the apparent inconsistency”
Resolve/explain
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“Most closely paralleled by”
Parallel
What type of argument is this?
“Most similar knits logical structure to”
Parallel
What type of argument is this?
“Pattern of reading is most similar to”
Parallel
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“Exhibits a flawed pattern if reasoning most like”
Parallel variant: parallel-flaw
What type of argument is this?
Contains questionable reasoning that is most similar to”
Parallel variant: parallel-flaw
What type of argument is this?
“Questionable reasoning is most closely paralleled by”
Parallel variant: parallel-flaw
What type of argument is this?
“Is most vulnerable to criticism on the ground that”
Flaw
What type of argument is this?
“Is required in order for the conclusion to be properly drawn”
Assumption
What type of argument is this?
“Calls into question”
Weaken
What type of argument is this?
“Most strongly support the inference”
Inference
What type of argument is this?
“Principle provides the strongest support for the conclusion”
Principle
What type of argument is this?
“An issue in dispute is”
Conclusions variants: point at issue or agree/disagree
