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. 

SPRING SESSION BEGINS WEEK OF MARCH 17th
SUMMER SESSION BEGINS WEEK OF JUNE 9th

CLASS SESSION ENDS HERE AND STARTS OVER AT THE BEGINNING 

Week of March 16: 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 March 23: Avoiding the Question (logical relevance) 
             -Red Herring  
             -Special Pleading 

Week of March 30: More Fallacies of Relevance
             -Ad Hominem Attack 
             -Genetic Fallacy 
             -Tu Quoque

Week of April 6: More Fallacies of Relevance 
             -Faulty Appeal to Authority 
             -Appeal to the People/Popularity 
             -Straw Man Fallacy 
            
Week of April 13: Making Assumptions  
             -What are assumptions
             -Circular Reasoning
             -Equivocation
             -Loaded Question
             -Slippery Slope Fallacy 
             
Week of April 20: More on Assumptions
             -Part to Whole
             -Whole to Part
             -False Dichotomy 

Week of April 27: Basic Statistical Logic 
             -Generalization and Hasty Generalization 
             -Analogical Arguments 
             -Strong and Weak Analogies 

Week of May 4: Basic Statistical Logic Continued 
             -Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
             -Proof by Lack of Evidence 
             
Week of May 11: Propaganda Fallacies
             -What is Propaganda?
             -Appeal to Fear
             -Appeal to Pity
             -Bandwagon 

Week of May 18: More Propaganda Fallacies 
             -Appeal to Tradition
             -Exigency 
             -Repetition 
             -Snob Appeal 
             -Gish Gallop