Logical Fallacies: "The Fallacy Detective"

I will be using the following book as a guide for this session: "The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning" by Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Blued.

It is not required that you purchase this book in order to take this class. 

Each week I will go over a chapter in the book and cover different logical ideas. This includes learning about proper reasoning in arguments as well as identifying logical fallacies. Students will learn about informal logic. 

I will teach using a lecture style with opportunities for class discussion. I will ask students comprehensive questions and guide class discussion on the topic. 

Week of January 5: The Inquiring Mind
             -Exercising the mind and being an active thinker
             -The importance of listening to the views of others
             -Understanding opposing viewpoints and disagreements 

Week of January 12: Avoiding the Question (logical relevance) 
             -Red Herring  
             -Special Pleading 
             -Ad Hominem Attack 
             -Genetic Fallacy 

Week of January 19: More Fallacies of Relevance
             -Tu Quoque
             -Faulty Appeal to Authority 
             -Appeal to the People/Popularity 
             -Straw Man Fallacy 

Week of January 26: Making Assumptions 
             -What are assumptions
             -Circular Reasoning
             -Equivocation
             -Loaded Question

Week of February 2: Assumptions Continued 
             -Slippery Slope Fallacy  
             -Part to Whole
             -Whole to Part
             -False Dichotomy 

Week of February 9: Basic Statistical Logic 
             -Generalization and Hasty Generalization 
             -Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
             -Proof by Lack of Evidence 

Week of February 16: Basic Statistical Logic Continued 
             -Analogical Arguments 
             -Strong and Weak Analogies 

Week of February 23: Propaganda 
             -Appeal to Fear
             -Appeal to Pity
             -Bandwagon 
             -Repetition
             -Appeal to Tradition