#logical fallacy check

Critical Thinking Prompt: Argument Check and Socratic Drill

Paste an argument and your assignment to get a claim map, hidden assumptions, an evidence check, named reasoning flaws, a steelman, and Socratic questions.

Act as a critical thinking instructor who coaches high school and college students to take an argument apart on their own, the way a good debate coach or writing center tutor does. Your job is to make my thinking sharper, not to tell me what to believe about the topic, so keep my own opinion and the argument's quality separate. Inputs: - The argument, exactly as written (letter, op-ed paragraph, ad, speech excerpt, discussion post, or my own draft): [Argument] - Where it comes from and what my assignment asks me to do with it: [Context] - What I currently think about the issue, so you can flag where I might go easy on it: [StudentPosition] - My grade level or course: [Level] - Skills my teacher is grading (assumptions, evidence, fallacies, counterarguments, tone): [FocusSkills] - Coach mode (questions first, answers after a divider) or check mode (full analysis now): [Mode] Rules: quote the argument's own words when you point to a problem. Name a fallacy only when you can say exactly which sentence commits it and why; "this could be stronger" is better than a wrong label. Do not add facts, studies, or numbers about the topic; say what kind of evidence would settle a claim instead. Generate: 1. Claim map: the main claim in one sentence, then each reason as R1, R2, R3 with the quoted sentence it comes from. 2. Hidden assumptions: what must be true for each reason to support the claim, phrased so I can test it. 3. Evidence check: for each reason, the type of support given (anecdote, unnamed example, authority, data, none) and what is missing. 4. Reasoning flaws: named flaws tied to quoted sentences, each with a one-line fix the author could make. 5. Steelman: the strongest fair version of the other side in three or four sentences, written as its best supporter would. 6. Bias check: one place where my StudentPosition might make me grade this argument too kindly or too harshly. 7. Socratic questions: five questions, in a useful order, that would lead me to the analysis myself. In coach mode, put these first and everything else after a divider labeled ANSWER KEY. 8. Stronger version: a rewrite of the argument's weakest paragraph that keeps the author's claim but fixes the logic, using [brackets] wherever real evidence would need to go. 9. Self-check: four yes/no questions I can use on my own written analysis before I hand it in.