Critical Thinking Unit 1 Key Words

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M J J N A M D K F V C N C G C S G A B U F
E V O O X B R A G H B O D R G B U P K I I
I S N I S A L P E C F I U X C E A V Q A Q
E X J T M P A P E S A T J N A G R S J Y L
B M Q I C P R E H W L R W X W G G R C M L
R C G D I E G A X J S E L K C I U O P K H
W M P N R A U L V A E S S D K N E T G A U
M B R O C L M T C M C S T C C G F A C T Y
M H J C U T E O M Y L A D A L T R C K W S
D Q J Y L O N T O H A R Y V N H O I S R U
S I D R A P T R M G U E R X O E M D B D M
R V B A R O I A W W S T G M W Q A N J K T
P T G S A P N D D L E N A L M U N I V Q B
H F D S R U D I A B P U S B R E A N S W L
H A L E G L I T O B O O R D X S L O C A S
D E X C U A C I W I S C T X F T O S P X V
T P V E M R A O D N T D A X C I G A O L W
I H L N E I T N R Q H K O K P O Y E M W C
N M F R N T O K A Y O L I B H N B R X P O
A H T O T Y R F R R C T C L S P X R A U S
B A C U C M S D O N S C F E D H S K U M P

Clues

  • A statement that goes against the conclusion of an argument. They are not supported by reasons. (7, 9)
  • A word that shows that a reason or conclusion might be coming up e.g. therefore, because etc. (8, 9)
  • An argument where the conclusion repeats one of the reasons. (8, 8)
  • Are words often used to indicate a reason; because, since, as, due to etc. (6, 10)
  • If an argument is begging the question you have to accept the conclusion before you can accept the reasons. (7, 3, 8)
  • Part of an argument that tries to persuade you that a conclusion is true because a lot of people believe it is. (6, 2, 10)
  • Part of an argument which tries to persuade you that just because something was done a certain way in the past, that's the way it should be done now. (6, 2, 9)
  • That which needs to take place for something else to happen, without it, the other thing cannot occur. (9, 9)
  • They are often used in arguments to make the point that if something applies in one situation then it applies, or should apply, in a comparable one. (5, 4, 7)
  • When an argument claims that event A caused event B, but actually event A just happened before event B. (5, 6, 4, 3)

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