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What is a fallacy? |
A fallacy is an unreliable method of reasoning or arriving at a conclusion |
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What are the the two types of fallacies and what makes them different from eachother? |
Formal fallacies are created as a result of the structure or form of the argument, and Informal fallacies are a result of an error in content |
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Formal fallacies can only occur in what type of arguments? |
Only in deductive arguments |
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What makes a deductive argument valid? |
Is an argument where the conclusion necessarily follows from the premises |
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What are the two types of formal fallacies? |
Antecedent and consequent |
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What makes a deductive argument sound? |
Is an argument that is both valid and has true premises |
