Across
- 3. assuming the arguements premises are true without providing valid evidence or reasoning
- 4. claims/assumptions based off an incomplete amount of evidence
- 6. A general idea or rule that is applied to an arguement too broadly
- 7. A condition necessary for another condition to be true
- 9. Setting up two extreme options for a person without any sort of middle ground
- 11. opposing a moderate proposal along with alleging that it will lead to a disaster
- 12. If the conclusion cant follow from the given premises and can be proven false
- 13. Responding to criticism by accusing the other person of the same error
- 14. using the arguement to prove/support the arguement or initial claim
Down
- 1. the use of an ambiguous word or phrase in more than one sense within the same argument
- 2. the merging of two or more ideas into one
- 5. misrepresenting opponents arguements in roder to respond to them more easily
- 8. critizising opponents personally instead of responding to their arguement
- 10. claiming that just because one event follows another or is accompanied by another it must be caused by the other