Logic 101 - How to Argue and Win the Right Way!

Each week students will be evaluating a logical fallacy found in the media, online, in a commercial or advertisement.  Students will be encouraged to find logical fallacies to bring to class for discussion as well.  After a brief welcome and introduction, we will play a game of "name that logical fallacy".  Following that I will introduce and then give examples of the logical fallacies of the week and show some video clips or graphics from major media networks for students to evaluate.  Students will be encouraged to give examples from real life arguments using these fallacies and why they are illogical.  How to develop a premise and how those relate to conclusions will be developed and we will also practice basic debate skills.  This class is 6 weeks long and has developed to also introduce working with symbolic logic and diagramming arguments.  We will also use logic puzzles to practice applying deductive logical skills. Students will examine classical fallacies including: classification, systematic, linguistic, formal, informal, measurement, and others.  A more complete list of fallacies we will cover can be found in this list.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies 

Week 1 -  Ad Hominem and Slippery Slope - Intro to Logical Fallacies and Puzzles
Week 2 - Red Herring and Straw Man - Logic in News and Politics + Name that Logical Fallacy + Puzzle
Week 3 - Begging the Question and Hasty Generalization - Logic in The Office + Name that Logical Fallacy + Puzzle
Week 4 - False Dichotomy and Ad Populum - Logic in Advertising + Name that Logical Fallacy + Puzzle
Week 5 - Appeal to Authority and Emotional Appeal - Logical Arguments with People we care about + Name that Logical Fallacy + Puzzle
Week 6 - No True Scotsman and Appeal to Nature/Novelty/Tradition - Logic in Social Groups + Name that Logical Fallacy + Wrapup.