Argumentative Terms 1-7

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ad hominem fallacy

A fallacy of ethics and logic in which a person's character or motive is attacked instead of that person's argument.

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ad populum fallacy

A fallacy of logic in which the widespread occurrence of something is assumed to make it true or right.

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argumentation

Exploration of a problem by investigating all sides of it.

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begging the question

A fallacy of logical argument that assumes as true the very thing that one is trying to prove.

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cause and effect

Examination of the causes and/or effects of a situation or phenomenon.

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concession

An acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable.

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counterargument

An opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward.