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Logical Reasoning Vocabulary
50 Terms to know!
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English
9th Grade
03/09/2011

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Ad Hominem Attack
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to attack/insult a person rather than consider their ideas
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analogy
Definition
a comparison made between two situations
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assumption
Definition
assuming something without facts/evidence
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bandwagon effect
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when people around you believe something, you believe it's true, too
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bias
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to cause favoritism at the other's expense
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circular reasoning
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instead of giving evidence and conclusion, one states the conclusion twice (in different words)
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concession
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saying what is good/correct about the opponent's side
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conclusion
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what the author is trying to convince you of
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contra-positive
Definition
reversing and making a statement negative
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correlation vs. causation
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thinking that, because two things happen at the same time, they are related
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counter argument
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and idea/argument against one that has already been proposed
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credible
Definition
something reliable
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critique
Definition
judgement
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deductive reasoning
Definition
using a given rule to find out the answer
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double standard
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where a set of rules are acceptable for one group of people but unacceptable for another
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emotional reasoning
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using your emotions and how you feel to reach a conclusion
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ethos
Definition
changing someone's mind using your own reputation
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evidence
Definition
the reason(s) you should agree with the conclusion
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equivocation
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sliding between two definitions of one word to come to a conclusion
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euphemism
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subsituting a harsh, cruel phrase with something milder
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fact
Definition
what is true
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fallacy
Definition
when something goes wrong in an environment
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false dichotomoy
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"black and white"-saying there are only two extremes in a case, no in betweens
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inductive reasoning
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using examples to find the rule
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impartial
Definition
treating all sides of an argument fairly
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imply
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"I'm not saying, I'm just saying."
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infer
Definition
to reach a conclusion after someone makes implications
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invalid
Definition
an argument in which the evidence does not lead to the conclusion
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logical reasoning
Definition
solving a problem using a strategy
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logos
Definition
changing someone's mind using fact and evidence
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necessity vs. sufficiency
Definition
taking something necessary and pretending it's the only thing needed to get the result
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no true Scotsman
Definition
making a stereotype of a certain group, then, when someone doesn't fit that group, saying they don't belong
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non sequitor
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jumping from topic to topic with no real connection
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objective
Definition
a goal
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opinion
Definition
what someone thinks
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pathos
Definition
convincing someone using their feelings
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persona
Definition
a character version of yourself you perform to an audience (Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus)
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persuasion
Definition
process of convincing someone
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prove
Definition
to make a point clear
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rebuttal
Definition
argue back, say what is bad about opponent
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red herring
Definition
distracting people from your weak argument to something of high interest that is also irrelevent
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rhetoric
Definition
the art of persuarion through language
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sound
Definition
an argument with true evidence that leads to conclusion
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straw man
Definition
instead of responding to opponent's argument, you put words in their mouth so they can be more easily attacked
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strenghten an argument
Definition
use logical fallacies!
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subjective
Definition
belonging to the thinking subject, rather than the object of thought (?)
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truthiness
Definition
intuition; gut feeling
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valid
Definition
the evidence leads to the conclusion but it isn't neccecarily true
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weaken an argument
Definition
use logical fallacies!
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