Logic and Reasoning Vocab

A kind of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people's thoughts or actions

• Persuasion
• Coercion
• Ethos
• Pathos

Convincing someone to do something by using force or threats

• Coercion
• Ethos
• Pathos
• Logos

The credibility or trustworthiness of the speaker or writer

• Ethos
• Pathos
• Logos
• Logic

An appeal to the audience's emotions

• Pathos
• Logos
• Logic
• Sound Argument

An appeal to logic and reason

• Logos
• Logic
• Sound Argument
• Assumption

The principles of reasoning that are used to determine whether an argument is valid or invalid

• Logic
• Sound Argument
• Assumption
• Fallacy

An argument that is logically valid and supported by strong evidence

• Sound Argument
• Assumption
• Fallacy
• Causation

A thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof

• Assumption
• Fallacy
• Causation
• Correlation

An error in reasoning that undermines the validity of an argument

• Fallacy
• Causation
• Correlation
• Prejudice

The relationship between cause and effect; one thing directly causes another thing to happen

• Causation
• Correlation
• Prejudice
• Bias