Post hoc ergo propter hoc Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

natural selection - ANSWER-survival of the fittest organisms based on their favorable heritable characteristics and being best adapted to the environment mechanism for evolution increased reproductive success of organisms with favorable heritable characteristics leading to a change in the genetic composition of a population over time Lamarackian explanation - ANSWER-stated that acquired characteristics were passed off to offspring "Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics" ...

Propositions statements that are true or false. ex. 1+1=2 Non-Propositions statement that cannot be true or false. EX. Lets go fly a kite Simple propositions simply true or false on their own. Complex propositions Truth depends on the truth of their parts and their internal logic. ex. this soda is coke or pepsi. Words used to identify Independent Propositions and or either.....or..... but if.....then...... Bad inferential structure argument is bad, be...

Principle of Charity we should choose the reconstructed argument that gives the benefit of the doubt to the person presenting the argument confirmation bias a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence Alief An automatic or habitual belief-like attitude which may or may not be in tension with the subject's explicit beliefs Heuristic a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments ...

Praxis 5038 Latest Update Graded A Neoclassicism (Late 17th c. and 18th c.) Restoration, Augustan, Age of Johnson. Writers looked to the ideals and art forms of classical times. The age of reason. (Austen, Moliere, Johnson, Locke, Pope) Romanticism (extended) but technically Coincides with the age of revolutions, reaction to the neoclassical period. Nature, symbolism, myth, emotion, lyric poetry, the self. Imagination and expression over reason. (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats,...

PHI 105 21st Century Skills: Critical Thinking And Problem Solving (PHI 105) APPEAL TO IGNORANCE - ANS An appeal to ignorance uses lack of evidence (for or against) as the basis of the argument. For example, if something can't be disproven, it must be true! Example You have a family member who has a terminal disease. You hear of a possible new cure being offered in another country. You contact the group promoting this cure and ask if it works. They say, "No one has ever shown that it do...

PHI 105 Topic 4 Quiz: Fallacies In Everyday Life Quiz (Version 1) 1. “There are two types of students- the student that works really hard and does well and the student that does nothing and fails.” a. Either/Or Fallacy b. Slippery Slope c. Extravagant Hypothesis d. Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc 2. Robert made his first purchase on ebay and the package did not arrive on time. Robert says he will not purchase another product on ebay because they never arrive on time. a. Appeal to Ignorance b. Appe...

D265 Critical Thinking FINAL EXAM Q&A- Reason and Evidence Graded A+ PROPOSITIONS *** Are statements that can be true or false NON-PROPOSITONS *** Are sentences that are not statements about matters of fact or fiction. They do not make a claim that can be true or false. SIMPLE PROPOSITIONS *** Have no internal logic structure, meaning whether they are true or false does not depend on whether a part of them is true or false. They are simply true or false on their own. (Example: Harry Pot...

1. “There are two types of students- the student that works really hard and does well and the student that does nothing and fails.” a. Either/Or Fallacy b. Slippery Slope c. Extravagant Hypothesis d. Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc 2. Robert made his first purchase on ebay and the package did not arrive on time. Robert says he will not purchase another product on ebay because they never arrive on time. a. Appeal to Ignorance b. Appeal to Tradition c. The Fallacy of Composition d. Hasty ...

PROPOSITIONS - correct answer Are statements that can be true or false NON-PROPOSITONS - correct answer Are sentences that are not statements about matters of fact or fiction. They do not make a claim that can be true or false. SIMPLE PROPOSITIONS - correct answer Have no internal logic structure, meaning whether they are true or false does not depend on whether a part of them is true or false. They are simply true or false on their own. (Example: Harry Potter wears glasses. The sky is blu...

Formulating a complex or unlikely explanation for an event when a simpler explanation would do. Which one of the following fallacies most align with this statement? Slippery Slope Extravagant Hypothesis False Analogy Hasty Generalization Justifying your ideas by appealing to an authoritative source. Which one of the following fallacies most align with this statement? The Fallacy of Composition Appeal to Ignorance The Genetic Fallacy Appeal to Authority This error occurs when a person is ...