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6 Cards in this Set
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Prediction |
An argument that proceeds from our knowledge of the past to claim about the future |
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Argument from analogy |
An argument that depends on the existence of an analogy, or similarity, between two things or states of affairs |
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Generalization |
An argument that proceeds from knowledge of a selected sample to some claim about the whole group |
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Argument from authority |
An argument that concludes something is true because a presumed expert or witness has said that it is |
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Argument based on signs |
An argument that proceeds from the knowledge of a sign to claim about the thing or situation that the sign symbolizes |
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Causal inference |
An argument that proceeds from knowledge of a cause to claim about the effect, or, conversely, from knowledge of an effect to a claim about a cause |