Hasty generalisation Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PLS2601 Critical Reasoning 50 Marks Duration 3 Hours This paper consists of 8 pages. Instructions: 1) This is a “take home” examination. You have 3 hours to complete it. 2) Complete all the questions that follow. 3) Ensure that you follow the individual instructions given for each question. 4) Number your answers correctly. 5) Provide both in-text and bibliographic references in your answer where you have used them. 6) You are reminded that an Honesty Declaration should...

PHIL 105 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS padding - CORRECT ANSWER-name for identifying background noise (e.g. setting, restatement, jokes, definition) Biases, perceptions - CORRECT ANSWER-two main obstacles to critical thinking psychological obstacles - CORRECT ANSWER-those hindrances to critical thinking that arise because of how we think (e.g. fears, motivations, attitudes, desires) philosophical obsatcles - CORRECT ANSWER-those hindrances to critical thinking that arise be...

Ad Hominem argument - answer-Fallacy that occurs when someone makes a personal attack on the character, interests or circumstances f the person who is advancing a claim, instead of addressing the argument he or she makes. Affirming the consequent - answer-This fallacy is committed when the consequent in a conditional statement is affirmed and the antecedent is taken to be true on these grounds. Analogy - answer-Reasoning by analogy is based on comparison with similar cases. An argument bas...