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equivocation fallacy - ✔✔Using an ambiguous term in more than one sense, thus making an
argument misleading (ex abortion argument and "life")
appeal to authority fallacy (argumentum ad verecundiam) - ✔✔"because I said so"
mentality, appealing to an existing system or tradition (but simply traditional doesn't actually
give something value in an argument!)
strawman(sTrAwPeRsOn) fallacy - ✔✔opponent mischaracterizes argument of proposition
and then tears that down
Red Herring fallacy - ✔✔misdirect of attention, divergence to different but relevant topic
ad hominem fallacy - ✔✔attacks on the debater and not the content
false dilemma/false dichotomy fallacy - ✔✔when something made out to be an either/or
scenario but in reality there are more options
argumentation - ✔✔the cooperative activity of developing and advancing arguments and of
responding to the arguments of others
argument - ✔✔a claim advanced with a reason or reasons in its support
,audience - ✔✔those people for whom we develop our arguments
public discourse - ✔✔open discussion of those issues that potentially affect everyone
advocacy - ✔✔the activity of promoting or opposing an idea in public settings
power - ✔✔the capacity to wield influence, to shape important decisions that affect the lives
of others
pluralistic culture - ✔✔a society composed of groups who see the world from different
perspectives, value different activities, hold disparate religious beliefs, and aspire to different
goals
values - ✔✔deeply held moral commitments acquired from family, cultural background,
religious training, and personal experience
rule of reason - ✔✔the agreement to engage in the cooperative process of argumentation
rather than to resolve disagreement by other means
procedures - ✔✔the rules or guidelines according to which argumentation will take place
, claim - ✔✔a statement the advocate believes or is in the process of evaluating
reason - ✔✔a statement advanced for the purpose of establishing a claim
conclusion - ✔✔a claim that has been reached by a process of reasoning
inference - ✔✔the rational movement from a particular reason or reasons to a particular
conclusion
case - ✔✔a series of arguments, all advanced to support the same general contention or set
of conclusions
logical sense - ✔✔your sense of how arguments develop
indicators - ✔✔words and phrases such as "because" and "therefore" that provide important
clues to identifying reasons and conclusions in an argument
ex: because, since, such as the following
therefore, thus, hence
structure of inferences - ✔✔the relationships among the reasons and the conclusions in an
argument
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equivocation fallacy - ✔✔Using an ambiguous term in more than one sense, thus making an
argument misleading (ex abortion argument and "life")
appeal to authority fallacy (argumentum ad verecundiam) - ✔✔"because I said so"
mentality, appealing to an existing system or tradition (but simply traditional doesn't actually
give something value in an argument!)
strawman(sTrAwPeRsOn) fallacy - ✔✔opponent mischaracterizes argument of proposition
and then tears that down
Red Herring fallacy - ✔✔misdirect of attention, divergence to different but relevant topic
ad hominem fallacy - ✔✔attacks on the debater and not the content
false dilemma/false dichotomy fallacy - ✔✔when something made out to be an either/or
scenario but in reality there are more options
argumentation - ✔✔the cooperative activity of developing and advancing arguments and of
responding to the arguments of others
argument - ✔✔a claim advanced with a reason or reasons in its support
,audience - ✔✔those people for whom we develop our arguments
public discourse - ✔✔open discussion of those issues that potentially affect everyone
advocacy - ✔✔the activity of promoting or opposing an idea in public settings
power - ✔✔the capacity to wield influence, to shape important decisions that affect the lives
of others
pluralistic culture - ✔✔a society composed of groups who see the world from different
perspectives, value different activities, hold disparate religious beliefs, and aspire to different
goals
values - ✔✔deeply held moral commitments acquired from family, cultural background,
religious training, and personal experience
rule of reason - ✔✔the agreement to engage in the cooperative process of argumentation
rather than to resolve disagreement by other means
procedures - ✔✔the rules or guidelines according to which argumentation will take place
, claim - ✔✔a statement the advocate believes or is in the process of evaluating
reason - ✔✔a statement advanced for the purpose of establishing a claim
conclusion - ✔✔a claim that has been reached by a process of reasoning
inference - ✔✔the rational movement from a particular reason or reasons to a particular
conclusion
case - ✔✔a series of arguments, all advanced to support the same general contention or set
of conclusions
logical sense - ✔✔your sense of how arguments develop
indicators - ✔✔words and phrases such as "because" and "therefore" that provide important
clues to identifying reasons and conclusions in an argument
ex: because, since, such as the following
therefore, thus, hence
structure of inferences - ✔✔the relationships among the reasons and the conclusions in an
argument
