English Flashcards
1
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Arguement
A
Reasoned inquiry and rational discourse
2
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Claim
A
An assertion that puts forward an idea or proposition
3
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Claims of fact
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Assert something is true or not true
4
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Claim of value
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Good or bad
5
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Claim of policy
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Proposes a change
6
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Anecdotes
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Stories about other people
7
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Quantitive evidence
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Representation in numbers
8
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Induction
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Goes from specific to broad in a clean way
9
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Deduction
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Moves in the opposite direction
10
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Syllogism
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Uses major and minor premise to reach a logical conclusion
11
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Logical fallacies
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Faulty reasoning or incorrect evidence
12
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Red herring
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Skiing to a new and irrelevant topic
13
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Ad hominem
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Attacking the character of the other person or group
14
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Faulty analogy
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Irrelevant relation between to things
15
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Straw man
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Poor or over simplified example
