Types of Reasoning Flashcard

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What is a 'red herring'?

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Irrelevant information presented alongside relevant information, distracting from the relevant.

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What is a 'slippery slope'?

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A logical fallacy where one event leads to another more extreme event.

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What is abductive reasoning?

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A logical approach where you progress from incomplete observations to best predictions.

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What is inductive reasoning?

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A logical approach where you progress from specific observations to general conclusions.

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What is a 'false analogy'?

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A comparison between two things that are not truly comparable, leading to a misleading conclusion.

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What is deductive reasoning?

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A logical approach where you start with general statements and reach a specific conclusion.

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What is a 'circular reasoning'?

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A logical fallacy where the conclusion is included in the premise.

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What is a 'non sequitur'?

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A statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement.

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What is a 'logical fallacy'?

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An error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid.

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What is 'critical thinking'?

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The ability to analyze information and arguments in a logical and systematic way.