AICE Thinking Skills Fallacies/Flaws || All Questions Answered Correctly.
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AICE Thinking Skills Fallacies/Flaws
Ad hominem (Attacking the arguer) correct answers A fallacy which attacks the person arguing rather than the argument itself
Ambiguous correct answers A word that can have more than one meaning and it is not clear which meaning is intended
Analogy correct answers Form of argument using parall...
AICE Thinking Skills Fallacies/Flaws || All Questions
Answered Correctly.
Ad hominem (Attacking the arguer) correct answers A fallacy which attacks the person arguing
rather than the argument itself
Ambiguous correct answers A word that can have more than one meaning and it is not clear
which meaning is intended
Analogy correct answers Form of argument using parallel situations to encourage you to accept
the conclusion. Explain one thing by comparing it to a more familiar thing.
Analyze/ Analysis correct answers Break an argument down into its component parts to look at it
more closely
Anecdotal evidence correct answers Evidence based on someone's version of a story
Appeal to authority correct answers A fallacy (flaw in reasoning) in which you claim your
conclusion must be right because an expert or authority supports it. Ipse dixit.
Appeal to force (argumentum ad baculum) correct answers You agree with the statement because
of a threat.
Appeal to history correct answers A fallacy which supports a conclusion by reference to
historical trends
Appeal to ignorance (argumentum ad ignoratium) correct answers you have no evidence against
it, so it may be true.
Appeal to popularity (argumentum ad populum) correct answers A fallacy which supports a
conclusion by reference to beliefs held by a large number of people.
Argument correct answers Statement or statements offering logical support for a claim. An
argument has at least three parts: the claim, the support, and the warrant. A set of claims
(reasons) for accepting some further claim (conclusion) intended to persuade their audience.
Argument as a whole correct answers Just because we find flaws, doesn't mean we should reject
the argument overall
Argument from fairness correct answers Form of argument saying something is unfair, therefore
it should be banned
Argument from harm correct answers Form of argument saying something is harmful, therefore
it should be banned
, Argument indicators correct answers Words or phrases we use to show that reasons are being
presented in support of a conclusion. (e.g. therefore, so, thus, hence, consequently, which proves
that, conclude that, it follows that, because, since, evidence that).
Assumption correct answers An implicit reason or belief that is not clearly stated but is accepted
or taken for granted.
Beg the question (petition principia) correct answers Something should be banned because it is
already banned.
Belief correct answers Claims that someone holds to be true. Many kinds: scientific, religious,
moral, prudential.
Blocking the hole correct answers Anticipating a counter argument and repairing it before you
are challenged.
Cause correct answers One thing that leads to or results in another
Challenge an argument correct answers Question something by demanding an explanation,
justification, or proof
Circular argument correct answers A fallacy in which an argument starts and ends with the same
point.
Circumstantial evidence correct answers Facts or circumstances in a case based on the
circumstances
Claim correct answers Part of an argument, used as a reason to support an argument. A claim (or
proposition) answers the question, "What are you trying to prove?" There are three principal
kinds of claims: claims of fact, of value, and of policy.
Clarify correct answers To make clearer, elucidate
Conclusion correct answers The result of a chain of reasoning. It may be factual,
recommendation, interpretation or a decision.
Conflation correct answers Bringing together two or more different concepts or ideas and
treating them in a similar way
Confusing conditions correct answers Reasoning which confuses conditions in an argument
Consistent correct answers Two or more claims that could both be true at the same time.
Contradiction correct answers Two claims that negate each other, or say completely opposite
things.
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