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| statement that addresses what is fact and also what is assumed or taken for granted |
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| reasoning from facts to general principles |
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| coming to a conclusion that is supported by strong evidence |
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| an argument that is backed by solid evidence and cannot be proven wrong |
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| the conclusion is true because the premises is true |
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| an argument that appeals to fact and not emotion |
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| logical argument involving a formal deductive argument made up of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion |
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| The premise containing the major term in a syllogism |
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| The premise in a syllogism containing the minor term, which will form the subject of the conclusion |
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| final verdict or outcome or the argument |
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| no exception or dispute, the statement is absolute |
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| a statement that appears through a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion |
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| the principle that whenever a conditional statement and its antecedent are given to be true its consequent may be validly inferred |
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| a syllogism consisting wholly of hypothetical propositions |
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| a mode of reasoning from a hypothetical proposition according to which if the consequent be denied the antecedent is denied |
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| an argument made up of conditional claims |
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| example is Either A is true or B is true. (A exclusive-or B). Thus, if A is true, B is false, and if B is true, A is false. A and B cannot both by true |
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| coming to a conclusion by disproving all other possible conclusions |
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| argument with obvious elements omitted: an argument that assumes the truth of one or more premises and therefore omits them from the logical sequence |
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| basis of information for an argument |
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| an oversimplified standardized image of a person or group |
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| disagreeing with no solid evidence to back your decision |
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| the act or process of inducting somebody into a position or an organization |
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| a set or collection of numbers that prove a theory or story to be true |
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| Statistical generalizations |
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| piece of information that backs a theory but doesn't prove it to be true |
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| person or subject that is being focused on |
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| group of people that are being singled out |
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| a trial or testing of something larger |
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| someone who is the face and voice of a larger group |
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| having one sided opinions based on personal belief not necessarily fact |
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| off topic, not related to the matter at hand |
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| personal assumption of a population not based on fact |
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| a condition that is needed for a certain purpose |
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| a proposition whose truth assures the truth of another proposition |
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| something that was the direct cause |
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| An event preceding another in a causal chain but separated from it by other events |
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| what variables caused a statement or argument to be true |
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| if an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation occurs, and an instance in which it does not occur, have every circumstance in common save one, that one occurring in the former, the circumstance in which alone the two instances differ is the effect, or the cause, or an indispensable part of the cause, of the phenomenon |
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