Post hoc ergo propter hoc - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Propositions statements that are true or false. ex. 1+1=2 Non-Propositions statement that cannot be true or false. EX. Lets go fly a kite Simple propositions simply true or false on their own. Complex propositions Truth depends on the truth of their parts and their internal logic. ex. this soda is coke or pepsi. Words used to identify Independent Propositions and or either.....or..... but if.....then...... Bad inferential structure argument is bad, be...

Praxis 5038 Latest Update Graded A Neoclassicism (Late 17th c. and 18th c.) Restoration, Augustan, Age of Johnson. Writers looked to the ideals and art forms of classical times. The age of reason. (Austen, Moliere, Johnson, Locke, Pope) Romanticism (extended) but technically Coincides with the age of revolutions, reaction to the neoclassical period. Nature, symbolism, myth, emotion, lyric poetry, the self. Imagination and expression over reason. (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats,...

PHIL 105 EXAM 1 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Valid - CORRECT ANSWER-if and only if: - if the premises are true then the conclusion must be true also - or there's no way of making the premises true and the conclusion false - or the argument is such that accepting the premises rationally obligates you to accept the conclusion Sound - CORRECT ANSWER-if and only if: - the argument is valid - all the premises are true Logical Fallicy - CORRECT ANSWER-a flaw in reasoning that results...

WGU D265 Reason and Evidence Latest Update | Verified Solutions Propositions statements that are true or false. ex. 1+1=2 Non-Propositions statement that cannot be true or false. EX. Lets go fly a kite Simple propositions simply true or false on their own. Complex propositions Truth depends on the truth of their parts and their internal logic. ex. this soda is coke or pepsi. Words used to identify Independent Propositions and or either.....or..... but if.....then...... Bad inferential stru...

AP MACROECONOMIC REVIEW EXAM LATEST 2023 society's virtually unlimted wants paired our scarce and limited resources create this problem - the "economizing problem" usefulness or satisfaction - utility all natural, human, and manufactured items that go into the production of goods and services - economic resources they are the four factors of production (AKA economic resources) - land, labor, capital, entrepreneurship all gifts of nature - land manufactured/manmade tools used...

APPEAL TO IGNORANCE An appeal to ignorance uses lack of evidence (for or against) as the basis of the argument. For example, if something can't be disproven, it must be true! Example You have a family member who has a terminal disease. You hear of a possible new cure being offered in another country. You contact the group promoting this cure and ask if it works. They say, "No one has ever shown that it doesn't work, so of course it works!" HASTY GENERALIZATION Definition A hasty ...

1. Question:Select the fallacy that best describes the following statement: “If you believe in global warming you just believe everything you are told and don’t think for yourself.” 2. Question: Select the fallacy that best describes the following statement: “I don’t wear my seatbelt while driving anymore because I have three friends that all got in accidents while they were wearing their seatbelts.” 3. Question: Select the fallacy that best describes the following statement: “Th...

Formulating a complex or unlikely explanation for an event when a simpler explanation would do. Which one of the following fallacies most align with this statement? Slippery Slope Extravagant Hypothesis False Analogy Hasty Generalization Justifying your ideas by appealing to an authoritative source. Which one of the following fallacies most align with this statement? The Fallacy of Composition Appeal to Ignorance The Genetic Fallacy Appeal to Authority This error occurs when a person is ...

Part 1 of 1 - 100.0/ 100.0 Points Question 1 of 20 5.0/ 5.0 Points Who was executed for believing that Earth revolves around the sun?  A. Galileo Galilei  B. Max Planck  C. Giordano Bruno  D. Nicolaus Copernicus Question 2 of 20 5.0/ 5.0 Points In discussing principles for writers derived from the philosophy of H. P. Grice, we cited all of the following except  A. honesty. B. reliability.  C. clarity.  D. relevance. Question 3 of 20 5.0/ 5.0 Points According to Dunn, beca...

Fallacies of Relevance Arguments that are really distractions from the main point - Ad Hominem - Appeal of Consquences - Genetic Fallacy - Equivocation - Ad Populum - Irrelevant Appeals Types of Fallacies of Relevance ad hominem attack An attack on a person rather than his or her argument Genetic Fallacy Condemning an argument because of where it began, how it began, or who began it. Irrelevant Appeals attempt to sway the listener with information that, thou...