Critical Thinking Final
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EmilySwims09 on December 8, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 fallacy | contain fundamental flaws in reasoning |
| fallacy | persuasive statements that convince people to adopt reasoning that the evidence does not support |
| fallacy | forms of incorrect reasoning |
| fallacies of relevance | the premises simply fail to support the conclusion, they are besides the point. |
| fallacies of presumption | the argument rests on an unwarranted assumption causing the fallacy |
| fallacy of ambiguity | incorrect becauseof unclear and confusiong words, grammar, or sentance structure that leads to drawing an incorrect conclusion |
| formal fallacies | invalid and unsound argument leads to drawing an incorrect conclusion |
| ad hominen | personal attack, occurs whenever there is an attack on another person (source of idea) instead of the person's argument (the idea itself). |
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