The Language of Argument
2 8 3 sl i p p e r y sl o p e s person’s home without a search warrant. In the case of California v. Carney,^1 the U.S. Supreme ...
2 8 4 cHaP Te r 1 3 ■ F a l l a c i e s o f V a g u e n e s s This problem admits of no easy solution. Because every line we dra ...
2 8 5 sl i p p e r y sl o p e s Causal Slippery-Slope Arguments Another common kind of argument is also often described as a sli ...
2 8 6 cHaP Te r 1 3 ■ F a l l a c i e s o f V a g u e n e s s Opponents can respond in several ways. One response is to deny tha ...
2 8 7 sl i p p e r y sl o p e s A human egg one minute after fertilization is not very different from what it is one minute lat ...
2 8 8 cHaP Te r 1 3 ■ F a l l a c i e s o f V a g u e n e s s Explain and evaluate the following argument against restrictions ...
2 8 9 sl i p p e r y sl o p e s nOTes (^1) 1471 U.S. 386 (1984). This case was reported by Linda Greenhouse, “Of Tents with Whee ...
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2 9 1 14 Fallacies of Ambiguity This chapter examines fallacies that arise from a second kind of unclarity: ambiguity. Ambiguity ...
2 9 2 C H A P T E R 1 4 ■ F a l l a c i e s o f A m b i g u i t y Using this definition, the word “bank” is not used ambiguously ...
2 9 3 A m b i g u i t y So far we have talked about the ambiguity of individual terms or words. This is called semantic ambiguit ...
2 9 4 C H A P T E R 1 4 ■ F a l l a c i e s o f A m b i g u i t y Show that each of the following sentences admits of at least t ...
2 9 5 Equivocation Poetry, songs, and jokes often intentionally exploit multiple meanings for effect. Find examples in poems, so ...
2 9 6 C H A P T E R 1 4 ■ F a l l a c i e s o f A m b i g u i t y Ambiguity can also generate bad arguments that involve the fal ...
2 9 7 E q u i v o c a t i o n of the word “desirable” is used in the same sense in the two premises. This produces two cases to ...
2 9 8 C H A P T E R 1 4 ■ F a l l a c i e s o f A m b i g u i t y My doctor has been practicing medicine for thirty years, and ...
2 9 9 Definitions Some think that the injustice of all affirmative action programs is obvious or easily demonstrated. [One argum ...
3 0 0 C H A P T E R 1 4 ■ F a l l a c i e s o f A m b i g u i t y definitions themselves can be confusing or obfuscating as, for ...
3 0 1 D e f i n i t i o n s question than asking what a word means. Whereas dictionary definitions say what words mean or how th ...
3 0 2 C H A P T E R 1 4 ■ F a l l a c i e s o f A m b i g u i t y Precising definitions are, in effect, combinations of stipulat ...
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