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