Logical Fallacies
Across
- 4. Responding to criticism by accusing the other person of the same error
- 5. Opposes a moderate proposal by saying it will lead to a holocaust effect
- 6. Using the argument to support the initial claim
- 7. Claims that just because one event follows another, it must be caused by it
- 8. Using different meanings of a word to make an argument more misleading
- 9. The conclusion can not follow from the given premises and can be proven false
- 10. Ceitisizing opponents personally
- 12. Assuming the argument's premises are true without valid evidence
- 13. A general idea that is applied to an argument too broadly and does not accept any exceptions
Down
- 1. Necessary must be true; Sufficient is not necessary for the claim
- 2. Setting up extreme options for a person with no middle ground
- 3. Making assumptions based on an incomplete amount of evidence
- 11. Misrepresenting opponent's arguments in order to respond to them more easily