We must discipline our minds the same way an athlete _________ his body.
exercises
5
When we are forming an opinion on an issue, it is often a good idea to collect other people's _______________ on the issue.
viewpoints
20
A red herring introduces an _________________ point into an argument.
irrelevant
25
When someone uses a double standard or argues for an unjustified exemption, he is committing the fallacy of ____________.
special pleading
25
An _______________________ attack is attacking an opponent's character his motives for believing something instead of disproving his argument.
ad hominem
15
The _____________ fallacy is condemning an argument because of where it began, how it began, or who began it.
genetic
10
Tu quoque is dismissing someone's viewpoint on an issue because he himself is ___________ in that very issue.
inconsistent
15
A ____________ appeal to authority is an appeal to someone who has no special knowledge in the area being discussed
faulty
5
When we claim that our viewpoint is correct because many other people agree with it, we are committing the appeal to the ____________ fallacy.
people
15
The fallacy of the _______________ ____________ is changing or exaggerating an opponent's position to make it easier to refute.
straw man
15
An ________________ is something taken for granted or accepted as true without proof.
assumption
10
An argument which says "P is true because Q is true, and Q is true because P is true" is using ________________ __________________.
circular reasoning
10
An equivocation changes the meaning of a ___________ in the middle of an argument.
word
5
When someone asks two questions, but one is hidden behind the other, that a loaded ________________.
question
5
The ________________ _______________ fallacy assumes that if we take one step, nothing will stop us from taking a series of steps because each step is the same.