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Self-tutoring about logic and arguments: the tutor mentions the straw man fallacy. The straw man fallacy means that, to oppose a point, you change its meaning to a related one and then argue against that, claiming that you are defeating …
The tutor comments on constructions for making assertions. A syllogism is the familiar structure: Horses have four legs. Bessie is a horse. Bessie must have four legs. Sometimes, step 1 or 2 is left out. The resulting assertion is an …
The tutor comments on subtleties of logic. According to Harbrace1, a true statement is one based on widely-accepted, well-supported belief. A valid argument, on the other hand, is based on sound logic. “True” and “valid”, therefore, don’t necessarily apply simultaneously. …
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