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Method Vocab List Flashcards

1
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Qualify/qualified

A

To limit a claim, qualified claims are limited to make them more provable 

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2
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Implicit premise

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Assumption

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3
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Suggests its conclusion is incorrect

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Says the facts of the conclusion are not true

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4
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Questions the adequacy of a conclusion

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Says the conclusion has not been proven

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5
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Inconsistent

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Contradicts

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Phenomenon/phenomena

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A thing! or Things!

Don’t you make this more complicated than a thing

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7
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Drawing a distinction

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Pointing out the difference between two things

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An instance

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A specific example of something being discussed

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9
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Refute

A

Teardown someone else’s argument

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Appeals to

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Looks at something to support their point

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11
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Purported (Sounds just like supported)

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Something that is claimed to be true, but probably not true, usually used to throw shade

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12
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Apply

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To be relevant, if something doesn’t apply, it shouldn’t be used in the argument

☝️ You will apply a rash cream to the rash if it is relevant

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13
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Significant

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Enough to matter

💪 is the force significant enough

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14
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Corresponding

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A similar thing in another situation

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15
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Disanalogous

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Not similar

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16
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(Pre) Supposition/ (Pre) Suppose

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Assumption/assume

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17
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Counter argument

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An argument against a given point

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18
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Counter assertions

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Make an argument against something

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19
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Proposition

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Statement

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20
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Supposed

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Poorly assumed, usually used to throw shade

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21
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Treat an X as Y

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Pretends that X is Y



22
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Scope

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The world of “whatever you are talking about”

23
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A given conclusion

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Not necessarily the conclusion of the stimulus overall

Could be referring to overall conclusion, but be on the lookout for it to refer to another conclusion discussed by the author in the course of the stimulus


24
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Provide evidence

A

Give a reason for some thing

25
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Counter assertions

A

Make an argument against something

26
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Drawing distinction

A

Pointing out the difference between two things

27
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Clarify

A

Make clearer

28
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A principle does not apply

A

A Rule is not relevant, cannot use the rule in this specific situation

29
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Something applies

A

Something is relevant, can be used in this specific situation


30
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Sole (sōl)

A

Only one

31
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Corresponds to

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Act similarly to something else in a different situation

32
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On the basis of comparison’s

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Using how two things are the same or different to prove your conclusion

33
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As a basis for

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As a foundation to argue from

34
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Contending that

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Arguing that

35
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Infers a

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Assumes some thing based on evidence

36
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Guarantee the truth/falsity 

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Prove some thing hundred percent true or false

37
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Question to the sufficiency of evidence

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Questions whether there is enough evidence to prove the points

38
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Remains unexplained

A

And we still don’t know about some thing

39
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Merely

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Only

Implies that the thing it’s attached to its probably not enough to do what we need

40
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Inconsistent statement

A

The two statements that contradict one another

41
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Demonstrating that

A

Using evidence to show that

42
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Restates

A

Repeats

43
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A Property

A

Quality or the characteristic of a thing

44
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Reasoning from X to Y

A

(From) introduces a premise
(To) Introduces a conclusion

Means the answer choice is claiming X is premise and Y is a conclusion

45
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Analogy

A

Thing X is like Y, the claiming a property of X applies to Y as well

46
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Illustration of a Premise

A

Means example off of premise

47
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Counter a consideration

A

Counter premise

Usually used to undermine/refute the arguments conclusion

48
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Ambiguous assertion

A

When a claim is sufficiently vague asked to allow more than one interpretation.

49
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Takes for granted

A

Author is assuming to be true

50
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Fails to define adequately

A

Author is failing to define the key term or shifting the meaning

51
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Fails to consider

A

Author is not assuming or failing to assume

Weakens the argument

52
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Precondition

A

Means- necessary condition

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