Logic and Rhetoric

Question	Answer
Semantics Image: Semantics (binary/octet-stream)	The branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning. "The bridge between arguments and rhetoric, or the skills of communication and persuasion." (Gessell, 2021)
Critical Reasoning Image: Critical+Reasoning (binary/octet-stream)	The skill of thinking carefully. Integrating information and making choices.
Argument Image: Argument (binary/octet-stream)	A set of two kinds of statements: "Premises" - Evidence to support your conclusion. "Conclusion" - What you're arguing for.
Suppressed Premises	A piece of information that the argument assumes but does not explicitly state.
Extracting an Argument	Identifying a set of statements as an argument and organizing those statements in the proper premise-conclusion form.
Criticizing Arguments	To show, or attempt to show, that the argument is weak in some way.
Logical Fallacy	A seemingly good but flawed piece of reasoning.
Cognitive Bias	A systemic tendency for people to reason incorrectly.
Formal Logical Fallacy	When an argument has broken a rule of deductive logic, like modus ponens.
Informal Logical Fallacy	When something has gone wrong other than the form. (most common in inductive arguments)

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	Created by Candace E King over 2 years ago