Critical thinking terms Crossword
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
 
 
Down: 1) everyones doing or saying this so why shouldnt i. 2) This is done when one justifies his or her actions by noting that a leader from the present or past did just the same thing. 3) A question that is unanswerable unless all three of its implicit presuppositions are true. 4) This means one uses only the evidence that supports a thesis and ignores that which contradicts or weakens it.5) Generalization based on too little evidence or on biased evidence. 7) After this, so because of this-the mistake of assuming that because one event follows another, the first must be the cause of the second. 9) Dodging the real issue by drawing attention to an irrelevant issue. 14) The assumption that because two things are alike in some ways, they must be alike in other ways. Across: 6) To draw and inference from a premise that is unquestionably true-but what is the premise?8) This is the variation of card stacking in which one systematically uses words whose connotations suggest extreme approval or disapproval of the subject. 10) This occurs when one attributes to the opposition actions or beliefs of which the opposition is not guilty and then attacks the opposition for those actions or beliefs. 11) Attacking the person who presents an issue rather than dealing logically with the issue itself.12) Stating that only two alternatives exist when in fact there are more than two. 13) This is done when the absence of any statement that would contradict ones viewpoint is taken to mean that the viewpoint is supported. 15) an assertion that restates the point just made. 16) Implying that the first step necessarily leads to the second, and so on down the slope to disaster. 17) Logic asserts that whoever asserts must prove. 18) Statement that does not follow logically from what has just been said. 19) Generalizations that exaggerate and therefore oversimplify the truth. 20) The writer or speaker assumes in the thesis something that really needs to be proved.
 

 

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