Flaws in Arguments

Flashcards with the definitions of all the flaws needed for the OCR Critical Thinking examination. Feel free to correct/ask questions :)

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  • Created on: 21-05-13 13:17
E A V E G Y X S L V L F X W Q N C L J K Y
U N G E V R S T R A W P E R S O N F I O O
H O T Q E C O N F L A T I O N S T A K C I
H I G I U A G U X W D C V B O X S H I U C
G T K V H H S U Y S T O R V P H U E N W I
G A P P I W A R X S D X P X O N A O E C P
E S X M J X H T Q C Y M N M K F B D P F L
N U J L A B K P O I Q I E H R W U H O U N
E A O L G Y M O N L E J X W U V H O L F M
R C G F F I Y V O O B X K D G G O D S L S
A S X A D H O M I N E M A M D H F N Y T E
L F T N B A K W Q Q U G F X D G D M R D C
I G C I R C U L A R A R G U M E N T E P B
S C K A T I U R M D J B M Q N S S A P P W
A Y T U Q U O Q U E U L W L B S Y P P M R
T V K J E P M K R D Y F D F O I S W I X N
I H H D P O E V X Y M Y K B Y E H T L O B
O U P W I M P R A W C P D H C U B U S U S
N N E F D B E H Q E G T H I C A O F K V W
V O I L G Q N H X D U B X L N N C T Q T V
T E J U O F C X F S W W P Q G A D V L X G

Clues

  • a conclusion is drawn from one example and applied more widely (14)
  • an arguer picks on a small or weak part of an opponent's argument, shows that it is weak and then concludes that the whole argument is weak (5, 6)
  • someone attempts to justify an action on the basis that another person did it (2, 6)
  • the argument goes too quickly and contains a number of assumptions (8, 5)
  • the conclusion repeats the original claim or reasoning (8, 8)
  • the reason or evidence given for a conclusion is only partly true or a different reason is a more likely cause (9)
  • the reasoning against and opponent's argument is based on a personal attack rather than reasoning about the opponent's argument (2, 7)
  • two or more different ideas are brought together and treated as the same thing (10)

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