Intro Vocabulary: "What is Logic?"

When someone attempts to convince you to do or believe something without even trying to make an argument, they are using...

• propaganda

• non-argumentative persuasion

• persuasion

With formal logic arguments, our conclusions can be described as...

• true or false

• strong or weak

If your opponent is trying to argue using reasons that don't really have anything to do with the main topic, he has probably committed a fallacy of...

• relevance

• clarity

• presumption

When your opponent is attempting to make an argument, but something like her choice of words fails to make sense, she may be using a fallacy of...

• relevance

• clarity

• presumption

Informal logic deals with...

• inductive reasoning

• deductive reasoning

In our course this year, we sill study fallacies that fall into three main categories. Which of the following is NOT one of those categories?

• Fallacies of Presumption

• Fallacies of Clarity

• Fallacies of Assumption

• Fallacies of Relevance

With informal logic arguments, our conclusions can be described as...

• true or false

• strong or weak

Check all of the following that ARE definitions of a fallacy:

• An occurrence of bad or incorrect reasoning.

• A misleading or unsound argument.

• A deceptive or misleading belief.

• An attempt to persuade without the use of an argument.

Formal logic deals with...

• inductive reasoning

• deductive reasoning

The word fallacy comes to us from the Latin word _________ which has to do with "deceitfulness, trickery" (spelling counts!)