AHSS*1250 Midterm: 459
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Believe it but it could be untrue or irrelevant. 11 appeal to tradition is thinking that a claim must be true due to tradition. 12 two forms of the appeal to ignorance include: arguing that a lack of evidence proves something and that it is sometimes a form of inductive reasoning. 13 the response to the appeal to ignorance is the burden of proof, which is when the person disputing must prove the claim"s truth. 14 rhetoric: way of persuasive speaking and writing. 16 red herring: deliberate raising of an irrelevant issue during an argument. 17 the basic pattern of distorting, weakening, or oversimplifying someone"s position so that it can be more easily attacked or refuted. 18 begging the question is the attempt to establish the conclusion of an argument by using that conclusion as a premise (using some disguised version of the conclusion as a premise)
