Matching Pairs TCA: English: Fallacies 4Online version match the fallacy with the definition by Elvira Trevino 1 Texas sharpshooter 2 base rate 3 ambiguity 4 burden of proof 5 the fallacy, fallacy 6 no true scotsman 7 If by whiskey 8 conjunction 9 masked- man 10 personal incredulity the assumption that an outcome simultaneously satisfying multiple conditions is more probable than an outcome satisfying a single one of them. saying that the burden of proof lies not with the person making the claim, bit with someone else to disapprove. making a probability judgment based on conditional probabilities, without taking into account the effect of prior probabilities. cherry-picking data clusters to suit an argument, or finding a pattern to fit a presumption. the substitution of identical designators in a true statement can lead to a false one. saying that because one finds something difficult to understand that it's therefore not true. presuming that because a claim has been poorly argued, or a fallacy has been made that is is necessarily wrong supports both sides of an issue by using terms that are emotionally sensitive and ambiguous making what could be called an appeal to purity as a way to dismiss relevant criticisms or flaws of an argument. using double meanings or ambiguities of language to mislead or misrepresent the truth.
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