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The Fallacy Detective: How to Spot Bad Reasoning and Errors in Logic

Completed by 1047 learners
Ages 11-16
Live Group Class
Learn how to win arguments and debates with active listening and logic. Boost Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Confidence, and Social Skills. An integral part of a Classical Education.
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:
(3,655 reviews)
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Live video meetings
1x per week, 4 weeks
6-15 learners per class
55 min

What's included

4 live meetings
3 hrs 40 mins in-class hours

Class Experience

This is an introductory course to logic and part of a Classical Education.  Sometimes it's easiest to teach things by using the opposite approach, in this case teaching fallacies.  Fallacies, or errors in logic, are used every day in all types of situations.  Everyone has committed a fallacy before. For example, this class is great.  Why? No one has ever told me it wasn't. (Proof by Lack of Evidence Fallacy - which isn't really proof at all).

First, we will learn why it is important to stretch and exercise your mind on a daily basis.  Different interactive scenarios and tasks will be completed together to exercise your mind, practice active listening, and help to learn to listen to opposing viewpoints.

Next we will go into the three most common fallacies: avoiding the question, making assumptions, and statistical fallacies.  These fallacies will be explained and we will complete activities to help spot these fallacies over the next three lessons.  

Class 1: Exercise Your Mind, Active Listening, and Opposing Viewpoints

Class 2: Avoiding the Question Fallacies

Class 3: Making Assumption Fallacies

Class 4: Statistical Fallacies

So everyone should take this class!  If not you must be completely against logical reasoning and perfectly fine with fallacies.  (Straw Man Fallacy - we'll go over it in class) :)

Other Details

Supply List
Notes sheets for each class.  You will need them to pass the fallacy detective quiz at the end.
 4 files available upon enrollment
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Meet the teacher

Joined April, 2018
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Florida Teaching Certificate in Social Studies/History
We homeschool our kids using Classical Conversations.  This is part of the curriculum for that program and should be a part of any classical education!

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