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| Anything that establishes a fact or gives cause to believe something. |
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| The process of thinking, understanding, and drawing conclusions about evidence. |
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| The science of reasoning which uses a system of rules to help one think correctly. |
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| A form of reasoning in which specific cases are used to prove a general truth. |
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| The analysis of a "typical" example in great detail, in order to draw general conclusions. |
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| A type of inductive reasoning in which one draws conclusions about a situation based on phyisical evidence. |
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| An illustration in which characteristics of a familiar thing or idea are used to explain or decribe characteristics of an unfamiliar thing or idea. |
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| A form of reasoning in which on argues from generalizations to a specific instance. |
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| A assertion that serves as a basis for arguement. |
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| A form of deduction reasoning made up of 2 premises and a conclusion. |
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| An error in reasoning or mistaken belief. |
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| A faulty argument based on incomplete or unrepresentive information. |
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| An erroneos assertion; a premise that is faulty and will lead to an error in deduction. |
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| The evidence at hand evidence that may suggest a conclusion, but doesn't prove it. |
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| A claim that one event is the result of another event. |
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| Involving to or were events that are related in someway. |
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| A comparison of two things that do not really have similarities. |
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| A speaker's attempt to divert the attention of the audience from the matter at hand. |
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| An argumentthat assumes the truth of whatever the argument is trying to prove. |
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