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| 2214620883 | ad hominem | "against the man"; a diversionary tactic of switching the argument from the issue at hand to the character of the other speaker | 0 | |
| 2214620884 | ad populum | also known as bandwagoning; "everyone's doing it, so it must be a good thing to do" | 1 | |
| 2214620885 | argument | a process of reasoned inquiry; a persuasive discourse resulting in a coherent and considered movement from a claim to a conclusion | 2 | |
| 2214620886 | begging the question | a fallacy in which a claim is based on evidence or support that is in doubt; Is the support itself sound? | 3 | |
| 2214620887 | circular reasoning | a fallacy in which the writer repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence | 4 | |
| 2214620888 | deduction | a logical process whereby one reaches a conclusion by starting with a general principle or universal truth and applying it to a specific case; usually demonstrated in the form of a syllogism | 5 | |
| 2214620889 | either/or | also known as false dilemma; a fallacy in which the speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices | 6 | |
| 2214620890 | faulty analogy | a fallacy that occurs when an analogy compares two things that are not comparable | 7 | |
| 2214620891 | hasty generalization | a fallacy in which a faulty conclusion is reached because of inadequate evidence | 8 | |
| 2214620892 | induction | a logical process whereby the writer reasons from the particulars to the universals, using specific cases in order to draw a conclusion | 9 | |
| 2214620893 | logical fallacy | potential vulnerabilities or weaknesses in an argument, usually arising from a failure to make a logical connection between the claim and the evidence used to support it | 10 | |
| 2214620894 | polemic | an argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics, or religion | 11 | |
| 2214620895 | post hoc ergo propter hoc | a logical fallacy for "after which therefore because of which"; it's incorrect to claim that something is a cause just because it happened earlier; correlation does not imply causation | 12 | |
| 2214620896 | propaganda | a term with negative connotations to describe writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information; the spread of ideas and information to further a cause | 13 | |
| 2214620897 | red herring | a logical fallacy in which a speaker skips to a new and irrelevant topic in order to avoid the topic of discussion | 14 | |
| 2214620898 | refute | to deny the validity of an opposing argument | 15 | |
| 2214620899 | straw man | a logical fallacy that occurs when a speaker choose a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea | 16 | |
| 2214620900 | syllogism | a logical structure that uses the major premise and minor premise to reach a necessary conclusion | 17 |
