key term critical thinking

Technical terms/concepts from Section 1

Basic components

• Proposition

• Non-proposition

• Argument

• Non-argument

• Premise

• Conclusion

Types of Arguments

• Deductive argument

• Inductive argument

• Valid/invalid

• Sound/unsound

• Strong/weak

• Cogent/uncogent

Formal/informal fallacies

• Informal fallacy

• Formal Fallacy

• Antecedent

• Consequent

• Modus ponens

• Modus tollens

• Affirming the consequent

• Denying the antecedent

• The Fallacy Fallacy

Key Concepts from Section 2

• Credibility of an Information Source

• Reliability of an Information Source

Types of Biases (and related terms) from

Section 3

• Cognitive bias

• Confirmation bias

• Representativeness bias

• Anchoring and adjustment bias

• Availability bias

• Selection bias

• Heuristic

• Principle of Charity

Argument mapping terms/concepts from

Section 4 (know the definition and which map

“picture” applies to each term)

• Direct support

• Indirect support

• Independent support

• Conjoint support

• Hidden assumptions

Informal fallacies from Section 4

Fallacies of relevance

• Ad hominem

• Genetic fallacy

• Straw Figure

• Red Herring

• Appeal to Authority

• Appeal to Force

• Appeal to Popularity

• Appeal to Consequences

• Equivocation

Fallacies of Weak Induction

• Appeal to ignorance

• Slippery Slope

• Texas Sharpshooter

• Post hoc

• Hasty Generalization

Fallacies of Presumption

• False Dilemma

• Begging the Question

• Burden of Proof Shifting