Chapter 2- Reading Arguments

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critical reading

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te four part process :
1. Where did the argument come from?
2. What does the argument say
3. Can you trust the writer?
4. How does the argument work?

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logical fallacies

Back 2

1. begging the question
2. either-or
3. false analogies
4. hasty generalization
5. non sequitur
6. over simplification
7. post hoc fallacy
8. rationalization
9. slippery slope

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begging the question

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occurs when the claim is restated and passed off as evidence

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either-or

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suggests that there are only two choices in a complex situation

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hasty generalization

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a broad claim made on the basis of a few occurrences

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non sequitur

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(latin word meaning does not fallow) ties together two unrelated ideas

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post hoc fallacy

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assumes that events that fallow in time have a casual relationship

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realization

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excuses avoid actual causes

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slippery slope

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maintains tha one thing inevitably will cause something to happen

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fallacies of emotion and language

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1. bandwagon appeals
2. name calling
3. polarization
4. straw man

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bandwagon appeals

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suggests that everyone is doing it so why shouldnt you?

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name calling

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people level accusations using names, such as radical, butb unless the terms are carefully defined, they are useless

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polarization

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exaggerates positions and groups by representing them as extreme and divisive

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straw man

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a diversionary tactic that sets up another's position in a wway that can be easily rejected