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Card 6

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38. A reference to something or someone in order to persuade an audience to accept a conclusion.

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Card 7

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39. A flaw that attempts to justify one harmful thing on the basis of another different harmful thing.

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Card 8

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An attempt to justify an action on the basis that someone else is doing it.

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Card 9

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38. A fault in the pattern of reasoning that weakens the support given to the conclusion of an argument.

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Card 10

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Evidence based on second-hand information from another source, who may have interpreted it.

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Card 11

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23. When evidence or an argument contains two claims which cannot both be correct at the same time.

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Card 12

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38. Reasoning that assumes a casual connection without good reason, oversimplifies casual relationships or confuses cause and effect.

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