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| occurs when one uses the lack of evidence against, as evidence for an argument. |
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| Appeal to Inappropriate Authority |
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| occurs when one uses an expert from a different field to back their claims. |
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| occurs when uses a commonly held theory as backing for an argument without knowing the evidence for the theory. |
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| Appeal to Popular Attitudes/ Emotion |
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| occurs when one uses the approval of a group or an emotional stance to demonstrate that an argument ought to be held as true. |
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| occurs when one tries to predict future occurrences based on previous occurrences. |
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| occurs when one takes the temporal order of events to demonstrate a necessary cause/effect relationship. |
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| occurs when one makes an assumption about a group based off of too little information. |
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| occurs when one forces a choice between fewer than all options. |
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| occurs when brings background assumptions into a question. |
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| occurs when one uses circular logic to prove a point. |
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| occurs when one lets small differences be meaningless, and slowly build over the argument. |
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| occurs when one attacks the character of the individual instead of the content of the argument. |
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| occurs when one claims that the other person is a hypocrite instead of refuting their argument. |
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| occur when one dismisses an argument as too silly for consideration. |
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| occurs when one describes another argument in an easy to attack fashion. |
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| occurs when one uses language that adds extra detail to the argument beyond what is literally being described. |
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| occurs when one changes a definition to either avoid or take advantage of other claims. |
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| Exception that Proves the Rule |
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| occurs when one uses a rarely used definition to confuse or change an argument. |
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| a definition found in a dictionary |
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| a definition used by a group of individuals in a certain manner. |
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| a definition used during a certain time period. |
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| a definition that is randomly assigned to a word. |
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| a refined version of a broader definition that is to be used in the rest of the discussion. |
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| occurs when one uses a word with a category that does not have well defined boarders. |
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| occurs when one uses a word without a set number or category. |
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| occurs when one uses a word or phrase to avoid saying too much. |
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| occurs when one uses a word with multiple meanings. |
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| occurs when one uses a word without indicating what is picked out in reality. |
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| occurs when the sentence is unclear due to punctuation. |
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| a claim that is said to be true because all parties in the argument agree to it. |
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| a claim that is aid to be true just by thinking about it. |
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| a claim that is said to be true as a result of having lived through it. |
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| Reliance on Others Claims |
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| a claim that is said to be true just by thinking about it. |
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