Loopholes Flashcards
Common loopholes for Logical reasoning and their stems and descriptions
The Dangling Variable (Stem)
What if those two things are not necessarily the same?
The Dangling Variable (Description)
New words that appear in the conclusion and not in the premise
Dangling Variable Conditional (Stem)
What if you cannot add the variable to the end of the chain?
Secret Value Judgements (description)
The author can’t assume a convenient definition for indeterminable concepts; Ex: Good/Evil, Moral/Immoral, Appropriate/inappropriate, Right/Wrong, should, should not.
Secret Value Judgements (stem)
What if that value judgment doesn’t have that definition?
Secret Downsides (Description)
When the author compares two things and says one is superior without giving the full story as to why.
Secret Downsides (stem)
What if the argument’s preferred option has a big downside not referenced in the premise?
Assumed Universal Goals (Description)
Things authors assume that everyone would want; Ex: Lower weight, Lower Cholesterol, More money, more success, healthier, etc.
Assumed universal Goals (Stem)
What if they do not want to (insert assumed universal goal)_________?
Bad conditional Reasoning
What if we actually have to follow the rules of conditional reasoning?
