FINAL TEST REVIEW SET

FALSE CAUSE

-two things are correlated/happening at the same time and you think one happened because of the other 

APPEAL TO EMOTION

-not a good way to convince someone/rational way for someone to accept argument

SLIPPERY SLOPE

-if you let one thing happen, many things happen

MOVING THE GOAL POST

-ASK FOR EVIDENCE OR STANDARD OF PROOF, BUT WHEN YOU GET IT YOU CHANGED IT

PERSONAL INCREDULITY

-Just because you dont understand something doesnt mean its not true or false

LOADED QUESTION

the question itself has assumptions

BURDEN OF PROOF

if you can't prove what I'm saying is wrong then it's true

RED HERRING

a distraction in an argument

BLACK OR WHITE THINKING

when someone presents two options

APPEAL TO NATURE

if something is natural it must be good

BANDWAGON

popular opinion

APPEAL TO AUTHORITY

trusting what an authority says 

GENETIC FALLACY

agreeing or disagreeing based on the origin and not the thinking

NON-SEQUITUR

something that doesnt follow

ANECDOTAL

a personal story “i heard someone did xyz”

THE TEXAS SHARPSHOOTER

selective evidence

GANDHI

Lawyer, his era was through WW1 and WW2

SATYGRAHA

non-violent resistance developed by Mahatma Gandhi

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

Gandhi used civil disobedience for the first time in south africa by not following the racial segregation rules on a train and was forcibly ejected

PASSIVE RESISTANCE

a non-violent force based on truth and an appeal to the conscience of the oppressor

NON COOPERATION

a campaign made by Gandhi to resist British colonial rule in india

SATYGRAHA-NOT PASSIVE RESISTANCE

satyagraha is a moral force based on truth and nonviolence, whereas passive resistance does not necessarily forbid the use of physical force

ON AHIMSA

For Gandhi, Ahimsa was not merely the absence of physical violence but an active force for good, promoting love, compassion, and respect for all living beings.

THE CRIME OF CHAURI CHARA

a violent clash between protesters and police during the Non-Cooperation Movement led by Mahatma Gandhi