Fallacies2 Crossword
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
 
 
Down: 2) Producing an argument to attack that is a weaker representation of the truth3) The hearer is urged to accept a position because a majority of people hold to it.4) The same term is used in an argument in different places but the word has different meanings5) Applying a different standard to another that is applied to oneself6) Presenting negative information about a person before he/she speaks so as to discredit the person’s argument9) The introduction of a topic not related to the subject at hand11) Assuming that the effect is related to a cause because the events occur together.15) Assuming that what is true of the whole is true for the parts16) Attacking the individual instead of the argument Across: 1) Two choices are given when in actuality there could be more choices possible3) The hearer is told that something bad will happen to him if he does not accept the argument7) Suggesting that one step will inevitably lead to more, eventually negative steps.8) The hearer is urged to accept the argument based upon an appeal to emotions, sympathy, etc.10) Comments or information that do not logically follow from a premise or the conclusion12) Trying to get someone to accept something because it has been done or believed for a long time13) Reasoning by analogy, using a similar, known situation as the basis for the argument.14) Attributing a property to something that could not possibly have that property17) Assuming the thing to be true that you are trying to prove. It is circular18) Rejecting an argument or claim because the person proposing it likes someone is disliked by another19) The attempt to endorse or disqualify a claim because of the origin or irrelevant history of the claim
 

 

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