CONTENTS LESSON 6 What's in a Word? Recognizing the art of subtle persuasion: euphemisms, dysphemisms, and biased questions 三ssoN7 Working with Argi Understanding deductive reasoning, identifying the overall conclusion and premises of a deductive argument LESSON 8 Evaluating Evidence Looking carefully at evidence to assess validity; checking for credibility and reasonableness LESSON 9 Recognizing a good argument Making a strong case: a conclusion and premises that are clear and complete with consideration of the other side LESSON 10 Putting It All Togethe 71 Reviewing lessons 1-9 LESSON 11 Logical Fallacies: Appeals to Emotion 75 Recognizing logical fallacies that intend to sway your emotions: scare tactics, flattery peer pressure, and appeals to pity LESSON 12 Logical Fallacies: The Impostors Recognizing four logical fa circular reasoning, and two wrongs make a right LESSON 13 Logical Fallacies: Distracters and Distorters id hominem, red her, On logical fallacies that distort the issue LESSON 14 Why Did It Happen Looking for explanations that are relevant and testable, rejecting explanations that are circula LESSON 15 Inductive Reasoning Drawing logical conclusions from evidence, looking for premises likely to lead to the conclusion LESSON 16 Jumping to Conclusions Recognizing inductive fallacies like hasty generalizations, biased generalizations, and non sequiturs LESSON 17 Inductive re Determining cause; recognizing post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacies and"chicken or the egg argumentsLESSON 6 What’s in a Word? 47 Recognizing the art of subtle persuasion: euphemisms, dysphemisms, and biased questions LESSON 7 Working with Arguments 53 Understanding deductive reasoning, identifying the overall conclusion and premises of a deductive argument LESSON 8 Evaluating Evidence 59 Looking carefully at evidence to assess validity; checking for credibility and reasonableness LESSON 9 Recognizing a Good Argument 65 Making a strong case: a conclusion and premises that are clear and complete with consideration of the other side LESSON 10 Putting It All Together 71 Reviewing Lessons 1–9 LESSON 11 Logical Fallacies: Appeals to Emotion 75 Recognizing logical fallacies that intend to sway your emotions: scare tactics, flattery, peer pressure, and appeals to pity LESSON 12 Logical Fallacies: The Impostors 81 Recognizing four logical fallacies: no in-betweens, slippery slope, circular reasoning, and two wrongs make a right LESSON 13 Logical Fallacies: Distracters and Distorters 87 Recognizing three common logical fallacies that distort the issue: ad hominem, red herring, and straw man LESSON 14 Why Did It Happen? 93 Looking for explanations that are relevant and testable, rejecting explanations that are circular LESSON 15 Inductive Reasoning 99 Drawing logical conclusions from evidence, looking for premises likely to lead to the conclusion LESSON 16 Jumping to Conclusions 103 Recognizing inductive fallacies like hasty generalizations, biased generalizations, and non sequiturs LESSON 17 Inductive Reasoning 109 Determining cause; recognizing post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacies and “chicken or the egg” arguments –CONTENTS– v i