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| Very certain Example: All cows are mammals, Bessie is a cow. Conclusin,Bessie is a mammal |
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| Doesn't begin with a certian statement therefore the conclusion maybe true but maybe not |
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| Random or accidental occurrences are often viewed as being significant or able to see the future |
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| Believe or suspect something is true with rash judgement |
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| " I fell asleep so someone broke in my house.." Don't fall asleep or someone will break into your house. |
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"An NFL team is doing really good so they will be in the superbowl."
It's likely to happen but not certian |
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| exagerated either or arguement |
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| Relying on false athority |
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| uses popularity to help a person (But the president is doing it, why wouldn't you?) |
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| Circular reasoning/begging the question |
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| writer says they are right without proof |
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| Uses emotions to get your attention |
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Arguement: Goal to accept the writers thesis
Persuasion: After you've accepted you want everyone to believe it |
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| Appeals to the "to the right thing" moto |
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| Appeals to readers emotions |
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| Appeals to inductive and deductive reasoning |
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| Doesn't follow the given info...." Diane graduated from Vassar, she'll make a great lawyer. |
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| restates that they are what they said they are rather than giving an example. |
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| False or exaggerated charateristics or behaviors to the opponent and attacks him on exagerations |
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| "Argue agianst the man" attacks the person rather than dealing with the issues |
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| Draws a conclusion about a whole group based on little evidence. |
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| Fallacy that causes an unrelated event that occured ealier to become a reason for the current situation |
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| Definition of a syllogism |
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| A arguement that has a minor premise, and major premise and arrives at a certian conclusion |
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| A statement regarding to the major premise |
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| inevitaboe result of accepting the major and minor premise |
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| if one premise is negative the other must be positive and conclusion must be negative |
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| Universal truth, possibilites that the reader will readily accept, familiar sayings, and fact everyone knows. |
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The format of a formal arguement that consists of...
Major premise: All moneys are primates
Minor premise: Mr. Chimp is a primate
Conclustion: Therefore, Mr. Chimp is a monkey |
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| Attacking the opponents position |
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| The minor premise must either affirm the antecedent or deny the consequent |
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| A statement does not actuakky assert that (X) is true or that (Y) is but i say that one or the other is true |
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| using a word to mean one thing then later use it to mean something different. |
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| Identifies the issue in form of a question |
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| something has to be true becasue there is no evidence otherwise. |
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| unrealated points are treated as if they should be accepeted or rejected together |
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