English Flashcards
(25 cards)
Red herring
1, 2 skip a few
Ad hominem
Insult
Faulty analogy
Poor comparison
Straw man
Ridiculus the agreement
Either/or
False dictonomy: only 2 options
Hasty generalization
Quick decision/ no evidence
Circular reasoning
Repeats claim
Post hoc/ faulty causality
One does not cause the other
Appeal to false authority
Not really an expert
Band wagon appeal
Joining in
Scare tactic
Frighten
Argument
A process of reasoned inquiry and rational discourse seeking common ground
Claim
Differs from a subject in that a claim has to be arguable it has to state a position that some people might disagree with and others might agree with
Claim of fact
Something that’s true
Claim of value
a statement that asserts the worth or value of something
Claim of policy
an argumentative statement that proposes a specific course of action or change in policy
Personal evidence
Personal experience
Anecdotes stories
About other people that you’ve observed
Current events
What’s happening at the moment
Expert opinion
Knowledge that has been published by experts
Quantitative evidence
Represented in numbers
Induction
Arrange an argument/ specific saves and draw conclusion
Deduction
Moves in the opposite direction from general statement to a specific conclusion
Logical
Bad stuff in a argument caused by faulty reasoning or incorrect use of evidence
