Standard form

Question 1

define arseholery

Answer 1

The disposition to be an ‘arsehole’ - to score points off people to look good or make them look bad; rather than constructively move arguments forward, open to change and giving credit where it is due.

Question 2

define availability heuristic

Answer 2

A psychological bias that conflates how easy something is to recall with its frequency of occurrence and relevance to the current argument.

Question 3

define CP principal

Answer 3

Any important information, phrase, or term in the Conclusion must be in a Premise.

Question 4

define fallacy

Answer 4

A commonly used, psychologically convincing but unreliable, pattern of reasoning.

Question 5

define fallacy of appeal

Answer 5

An unreasonable appeal to an external factor, such as emotion or popularity.

Question 6

define PP principle

Answer 6

Any important information, phrase, or term in a Premise (but not in the conclusion) must also be in another Premise.

Question 7

define respect

Answer 7

The disposition to treat people as autonomous agents, rather than obstacles or targets.

Question 8

define standard form

Answer 8

A format for setting out the statements of an argument to readily identify its structure. In later weeks we will learn several different standard forms.

Question 9

define sub argument

Answer 9

An argument whose conclusion serves as a premise of another argument.
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Question 10

define sub- conclusion

Answer 10

A premise of the argument that is supported by other statements.

Question 11

define suppressed conclusion

Answer 11

The conclusion of the argument, when it is not provided.

Question 12

define suppressed premise

Answer 12

A premise of the argument that is not provided.