Flaws

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

Clues

  • a flaw which says that a small event will cause an extreme result, but gives us no reason to accept that the event and the result are properly linked (8, 5)
  • a type of flaw where two words or concepts are used as if they mean the same thing when they actually have different meanings (10)
  • an argument where the conclusion repeats one of the reasons (8, 8)
  • when an argument claims that event A caused event B, but actually event A just happened before event B (4, 3)
  • when an argument defends an action by saying that the same action has also been done by other people (2, 6)
  • when an argument misrepresents or distorts a counter argument to make it easier to dismiss (5, 11, 3)
  • when an argument tries to get you to dismiss a counter argument or accept a conclusion based on the good or bad qualities of the person arguing, rather than their argument (2, 7)
  • when an argument tries to present its conclusion as the best option by only discussing a limited range of choices, also known as restricting the options (5, 9)
  • when an argument uses a conclusion about a few things to support a conclusion about lots of things, or everything (5, 14)
  • when an argument's reasons and conclusion are about different things. This is also called arguing from one thing to another (9, 10)

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