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  2. Causal reasoning - Wikipedia

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    An increase in government spending is an example of one effect with several causes (reduced unemployment, decreased currency value, and increased deficit). In causal chains one cause triggers an effect, which triggers another effect: Example of a causal chain An example is poor sleep leading to fatigue, which leads to poor coordination.

  3. Argument by example - Wikipedia

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    An argument by example (also known as argument from example) is an argument in which a claim is supported by providing examples. Most conclusions drawn in surveys and carefully controlled experiments are arguments by example and generalization.

  4. List of fallacies - Wikipedia

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    The person making the argument expects that the listener will accept the provided definition, making the argument difficult to refute. [19] Divine fallacy (argument from incredulity) – arguing that, because something is so phenomenal or amazing, it must be the result of superior, divine, alien or paranormal agency. [20]

  5. Correlation does not imply causation - Wikipedia

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    Example 3. In other cases it may simply be unclear which is the cause and which is the effect. For example: Children that watch a lot of TV are the most violent. Clearly, TV makes children more violent. This could easily be the other way round; that is, violent children like watching more TV than less violent ones. Example 4

  6. Argumentation scheme - Wikipedia

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    Schemes may aid in argument identification because they describe factors that distinguish the argument type from other text. For example, an argument from expert opinion refers to an expert and a field of expertise, both of which could be identified in a text. Some schemes contain more easily distinguished characteristics than others.

  7. Argument - Wikipedia

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    The military budget argument example is a strong, cogent argument. Non-deductive logic is reasoning using arguments in which the premises support the conclusion but do not entail it. Forms of non-deductive logic include the statistical syllogism , which argues from generalizations true for the most part, and induction , a form of reasoning that ...

  8. Reason (argument) - Wikipedia

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    In the most general terms, a reason is a consideration in an argument which justifies or explains an action, a belief, an attitude, or a fact. [1] Normative reasons are what people appeal to when making arguments about what people should do or believe. For example, that a doctor's patient is grimacing is a reason to believe the patient is in pain.

  9. Questionable cause - Wikipedia

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    Questionable cause can be logically reduced to: "A is regularly associated with B; therefore, A causes B." [1] For example: "Every time I score an A on the test its a sunny day. Therefore the sunny day causes me to score well on the test." Here is the example the two events may coincide or correlate, but have no causal connection. [2]