A form of arguement which use parrallels between similar situations to persaude the audience to accept a conclusion. They suggest that situations are significantly similar and work the same way
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General Principles
A general rule like statement which applies beyond te immediate circumstances and acts as a guide to action. They may be used in an arguement as reasons, conclusions or assumptions
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Inconsistency
Inconsistent parts of the argument cannot both be the case at the same time, or they would support different conclusions
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Contradictions
A special form of inconsistencies. Ideas or facts which are contradictory say exactly the opposite things
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Ambiguity
A word or phrase that is ambiguous if it can have more than one meaning and its not clear which meaning is intended ina particular context
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Inference
Another name for the process of looking at the next logical step. If you can draw a conclusion from some reasoning, you can say that the conclusion follows from the reasoning.
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A general rule like statement which applies beyond te immediate circumstances and acts as a guide to action. They may be used in an arguement as reasons, conclusions or assumptions
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General Principles
Card 3
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Inconsistent parts of the argument cannot both be the case at the same time, or they would support different conclusions
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Card 4
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A special form of inconsistencies. Ideas or facts which are contradictory say exactly the opposite things
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Card 5
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A word or phrase that is ambiguous if it can have more than one meaning and its not clear which meaning is intended ina particular context
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