Logic and Reasoning

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Across
  1. 2. A type of logical fallacy where the accuser tries to misrepresent another person’s argument in order to take it down. Example: Person A: “Feminism is a good idea because it promotes social equality” Person B: “Feminists hate equality, all the feminists I’ve found on Tumblr hate men.” (5,8)
  2. 6. A type of logical fallacy where new evidence is used to confirm pre-existing beliefs, regardless of truth (12,4)
  3. 10. A simple way of expressing logical arguments that looks like an equation (8,4)
  4. 12. A supported thesis, put forward by a philosopher or other student of the universe (8)
  5. 14. The description of an argument where it is impossible for its premises to be true and its conclusion false (5)
  6. 15. A type of logical fallacy that attacks the person’s credibility rather than the logic of their argument (2,7)
  7. 17. A type of argument that uses a ‘best explanation’ reasoning. The type of 'sun will rise tomorrow' argument strongly critiqued by David Hume (9)
Down
  1. 1. ‘Therefore’ is an example of a …… indicator - one of the two kinds of inference indicators (10)
  2. 3. An argument that uses the reasoning ‘All Xs are Ys, Z is a Y, therefore Z is an X’ is an …… argument (7)
  3. 4. A type of logical fallacy, an example of which is “P1: The Bible is the word of God, P2: God exists because the Bible tells us so. C: Therefore God exists and the Bible reflects truth.” (8,9)
  4. 5. Evidence used to disprove the cogency of an argument eg: "Justin Bieber is proof that not all singers are musicians." (6,8 if broken into two words)
  5. 7. Another name for a hidden premise - an ….. premise (7)
  6. 8. slope A logical fallacy where the possible extreme consequences of accepting one thing will be said to lead to another thing. Example: Person A: “I think gay marriage should be legal” Person B: “We can’t have that because you’ll be asking for people to marry horses next.” (5,8)
  7. 9. A type of reasoning/argument that has more than one conclusion when you set it out in standard form (8)
  8. 11. The other type of reasoning/argument where the premises necessarily support the conclusion (9)
  9. 13. A valid argument’s premises ….. it’s conclusion (6)
  10. 16. Persuasive expression that targets the emotions, not our logic, like he excerpt from MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech (8)