COM 267 Study Guide - Final Guide: Pathos, Fallacy, Stephen Toulmin
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Dialectic: by having a conversation we can reach truth. Memory: ability to memorize what you will say. Know the difference between formal and informal logic. Know the toulmin model and how to apply it. Deductive reasoning: is the process of reasoning from one or more general statements (premises) to reach a logically certain conclusion. Inductive reasoning: is reasoning in which the premises seek to supply strong evidence for (not absolute proof of) the truth of the conclusion. Syllogism: a kind of logical argument in which one proposition (the conclusion) is inferred from two or more others (the premises) of a specific form. Disjunctive: either i go left or i go right. Conditional: if i do a, then b will happen. Enthymeme a syllogism where part of the argument is missing because it is assumed. Who were the sophists and what argument principles did they develop, be prepared to explain why these are important for debate theory.
