Ch. 3 Terms

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Claim of Fact

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A statement that asserts whether something is true or not.

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Claim of Value

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An argument that asserts something is good or bad, right or wrong.

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Claim of Policy

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A statement that advocates for a specific course of action.

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Faulty Analogy

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A fallacy that occurs when an analogy is drawn between two things that are not comparable.

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Straw Man Fallacy

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A fallacy that misrepresents an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack.

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Ad Hominem

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A fallacy that attacks the person making an argument rather than the argument itself.

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Hasty Generalization

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A fallacy that draws a conclusion based on insufficient evidence.

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Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

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A fallacy that assumes that because one event follows another, the first event caused the second.

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Connotation

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The emotional or associative meaning of a word.

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Denotation

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The literal or primary meaning of a word.