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Objective 5: Evaluate Inductive and Deductive Arguments.
5.1 Identify common fallacies
What are fallacies of false generalization?
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Hasty generalization, sweeping generalization and false dilemma.
Thinking Critically, Chapter 11 (Digital Text Section 11-3)
5.2 Evaluate deductive reasoning.
What are casual fallacies?
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Questionable cause, misidentification of the cause, post hoc ergo propter hoc, and slippery slope.
Thinking Critically, Chapter 11, (Digital Text Section 11-5)
What are fallacies of relevance ?
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Appeal to authority, appeal to tradition, bandwagon, appeal to pity, appeal to fear, appeal to flattery, special
pleading, appeal to ignorance, begging the question, straw man, red herring, appeal to personal attack, two
wrongs make a right.
Thinking Critically, Chapter 11 (Digital Text Section 11-6)
What is deductive reasoning?
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Deductive argument forms all share one characteristic: If you accept the supporting premises as true, then you
must accept the conclusion as true.
Thinking Critically, Chapter 10 (Digital Text Section 10-3)
What is the application of a general rule?
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The following argument structure is typical of a valid deductive argument:
1. PREMISE: All A are B.
2. PREMISE: S is an A.
3. CONCLUSION: Therefore, S is B.
Thinking Critically, Chapter 10
What are the other types of deductive arguments?
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Modus pollens, modus Tollens, and disjunctive syllogism.
Thinking Critically, Chapter 10 (Digital Text Section 10-3)
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