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| A misleading or unsound argument. |
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| A logical fallacy of logos in which taking one action is claimed to inevitably lead further negative actions. |
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| Make a serious or urgent request, typically to the public. |
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| Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. |
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| take a fact and argue against it. |
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You attempted to manipulate an emotional response in place of a valid or compelling argument. |
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| Sometimes people make inductive arguments far too quickly. |
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Post hoc, ergo proctor hoc |
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| because of this, this happend |
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| State or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof. |
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| A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands; a thing conceded. |
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| Because two things are alike in one or more respects they necessarily are alike in some other respect. |
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| a style that has the power to evoke feelings. |
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- The progress from statements describing particular events to a general statement.
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A type of logic that offers a restatement of premises for a new understanding of truth. No new information is offered in deductive logic. Rather, the mere “facts” (premises) are restated in fresh ways. |
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| Evidence that is based on experience (observation or an experiment) rather than on reasoning alone. |
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| evidence that can be found scentifically or logically. |
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| An informal account of something based on stories or experience. The term is often used in contrast to scientific evidence which is a kind of formal research. |
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| (of an argument or reaction) Arising from or appealing to the emotions and not reason or logic |
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The attitudes and behavior characteristic of a particular social group |
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| clearly defined error in reasoning used to support or refute an argument, excluding simple unintended mistakes. |
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| Capable of persuading people that something will happen or be successful. |
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| An area of knowledge or subject of discussion or thought. |
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Refutation (counterargument) |
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| an argument that refutes something. |
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| The action or fact of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something. |
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| The principle of reason and judgment. |
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| A particular activity or cause that has suddenly become fashionable or popular. |
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| The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, esp. the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. |
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| Information, esp. of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. |
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| A plan or suggestion, esp. a formal or written one, put forward for consideration or discussion by others. |
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| involves a situation in which only two alternatives are considered, when in fact there are other options. |
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| A figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other,. |
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| Ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary (e.g., you won't be sorry, meaning you'll be glad) |
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| A refutation or contradiction |
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| evasion: a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth. |
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| The characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations. |
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| The main means of mass communication (esp. television, radio, newspapers, and the Internet) regarded collectively. |
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| A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. |
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| The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect |
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A situation, person, or thing that combines contradictory features or qualities |
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| The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses |
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