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Deductive
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Air-tight; reason and logical analysis
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Inductive
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Flawed; deductively invalid; can listen and see mistakes
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Arguing
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Listening, supporting, finding your argument point
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Persuassion
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Trying to get someone to think the way you do
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Rogerian Method
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"common ground" identify beliefs, ideas, and arguments in common
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Toulmin Method
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Analyzing text we read with an eye toward responding to that argument
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Hasty generalizations
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Conclusions drawn based on faulty, biased or insufficient evidence
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Ad populem
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(to the people) emotion appeal to something positive rather than the real issue
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Ad hominem
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(to the man) attacking a person's character rather than focusing on their qualifications, credentials
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Either / or
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(false dilemma) two choices are given to solve a problem when other options be avaiable thereby cause a false dilemma
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Moral Equivalence
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Campares a minor misdeed with major attrocities
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Red Herring
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Diversionary tactics to get people distracted from the real issue
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Straw Man
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Oversimplifies the opponents view point then attacks the hollow argument
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Post hoc ergo propter hoc
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(because A then B) B follows A; A caused B
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Appeal to Authority
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Not an expert, experts disagree, Authority was not serious
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