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8 Cards in this Set
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Making assumptions about a whole group or range based on small samples.
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Hasty Generalization
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Assuming that if B comes after A, then A caused B.
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Post Hoc
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The arguer claims that a chain reaction, ending in some consequences, will take place.
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Slippery Slope
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Partway through an argument, the arguer goes off on a tangent, raising a side issue.
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Red Herring
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"The US shouldn't get involved militarily in other countries. Once the government sends in a few troops, it will then send in thousands to die."
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Slippery Slope
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Sam is riding her bike in her home town in Maine, minding her own business. A station wagon comes up behind her and the driver starts beeping his horn and then tries to force her off the road. As he goes by, the driver yells "get on the sidewalk where you belong!" Sam sees that the car has Ohio plates and concludes that all Ohio drivers are jerks
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Hasty Generalization
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Joan is scratched by a cat while visiting her friend. Two days later she comes down with a fever. Joan concludes that the cat's scratch must be the cause of her illness
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Post Hoc
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"You know, I've begun to think that there is some merit in the Republican's tax cut plan. I suggest that you come up with something like it, because If we Democrats are going to survive as a party, we have got to show that we are as tough-minded as the Republicans, since that is what the public wants."
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Red Herring
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