Flash cards

Question 1

What is argument?

Answer 1

A process of reasoned inquiry and rational discourse seeking common ground

Question 2

What is a claim of fact

Answer 2

It asserts that something is true or not true

Question 3

Claim of value

Answer 3

Something is good or bad, right or wrong, valuable or not, desirable or undesirable

Question 4

Claim of policy

Answer 4

Change of law- (local/city/school rules)

Question 5

What are some examples of evidence?

Answer 5

Personal experience, anecdotes, current events, historical info, expert opinion, and quantitive evidence

Question 6

Red herring fallacy

Answer 6

1,2 skip a few 100

Question 7

Ad hominem

Answer 7

Personal insult

Question 8

Faulty analogy

Answer 8

Poor comparison

Question 9

Strawman

Answer 9

Ridicule a false argument

Question 10

Either/or

Answer 10

2 options

Question 11

Hasty generalization

Answer 11

Quick decision

Question 12

Circular reasoning

Answer 12

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Question 13

Post hoc/faulty casualty

Answer 13

Causation without correlation

Question 14

Appeal to false authority

Answer 14

Not really an expert

Question 15

Bandwagon appeal

Answer 15

Join in

Question 16

Scare tactic

Answer 16

Frightening them into believing