CEAP 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ad Hominem, False Dilemma, Circular Reasoning

• School: McGill University
• Department: Comm-Engl for Acad Purp (SCS)
• Course: CEAP 250
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Three steps for critical thinking ability to think about arguments/ideas in new ways ability to look at arguments in many different angles recognise limitations of own arguments and consider counter-arguments/opposing views. Paragraph structure argument reason example evidence counter-argument expand. Hasty generalization: reaching a conclusion too quickly stereotype: tarring all with the same brush; making a judgemental, generalizing statement about group without evidence. : a person"s argument is invalid because they"re guilting of doing what they"re arguing against equivocation: using key words without defining them; usually words that mean different things to different people. Weak analogy: comparing two things that are not analogous/comparable appeal to ignorance: assuming argument is false because there isn"t enough evidence to prove it.