Chapter 3 Vocabulary Part 2

What is a rebuttal?

• The person who is being accused of the crime.

• The first occasion that the jury or judge has to hear from a lawyer in a trial, generally constructed to serve as a "road map" for the fact-finder.

• The opposite to the claim; The defense's side.

• The statement beginning to prove something wrong which can have additional evidence and follows the counterclaim.

This type of argument, developed by a psychiatrist, is based on the assumption that having a full understanding of an opposing position is essential to responding to it persuasively & refuting it in a way that is accommodating rather that alienating:

• Hoffman

• Toulmin

• Rogerian

• Shakespearean

This fallacy includes any lame attempt to "prove" an argument by overstating, exaggerating, or over-simplifying the arguments of the opposing side.

• Red Herring

• Post Hoc Ad Hoc

• Straw Man

• Begging the Question

A logical structure that uses the major premise and minor premise to reach a necessary conclusion.

• hasty generalization

• straw man

• syllogism

• logical fallacy

Defects that weaken arguments; by knowing them, you can evaluate arguments you make, read, and hear.

• claims

• appeals

• statements

• fallacies

This is a fallacy that occurs when an analogy compares two things that are not comparable (comparing apples & oranges):

• faulty analogy

• appeal to false authority

• classical oration

• ad populum

Consists of faulty reasoning; they are not errors in fact..they are errors in logic.

• rhetorical fallacies

• logical fallacies

• snob appeals

• bad statements

The logical process of reaching a conclusion by beginning with a universal truth and applying it to a specific case

• ad populum

• ad hominem

• deduction

• syllogism

Southerners talk fast. I was just on the phone with one, and I could barely keep up!

• slippery slope

• circular reasoning/begging the question

• hasty generalization

• non sequitur

an approach to analyzing and constructing arguments using British philosopher's temple: "Because (evidence of support), therefore (claim), since (warrant or assumption), on account of (backing), unless (reservations):

• Rogerian argument

• Toulmin model

• Kennedy method

• Chillin' with Churchill