Philo 2

What do you call to the series of statements that provides reasons to convince the reader or listener that a claim or opinion is true?

• arguments

• conclusion

• fact

• knowledge

A belief or statement is true if it is based on facts.

• First perspective

• Second Perspective

• Third Perspective

• Fourt Perspective

A perspective where in a belief is true if it can be justified or proven through the use of one’s senses.

• First perspective

• Second Perspective

• Third Perspective

• Fourt Perspective

What do you call the argument based on faulty reasoning?

• fallacy

• ideas

• knowledge

• opinion

Which method of philosophizing distinguishes opinion from facts or from personal feelings or emotions?

• bias elimination

• critical thinking

• reduction criticism

• wishful thinking

are a series of statements that provide reasons to convince the reader or listener that a claim or opinion is truthful.

Some arguments may contain _______ ________. This means that they are products of faulty reasoning. We must be aware of the various kinds of fallacies as these affect the validity of arguments.

Opinions are often influenced by ________. This means that a person having the opinion may have views and tendencies that affect the way he or she sees reality.

FALLACY: _______is attacking the person presenting the argument instead of the argument itself.

It is the tendency to look for and accept information in a way that confirms one’s own beliefs and reject ideas that go against it.