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Logical Fallacies and Argument Techniques

For this project, you will be working with partners or in groups of three.Each team is responsible for teaching the class about one or more logical

fallacies/argument techniques and will need to design a lesson that willtake an entire class period. Your presentation must include the followingelements:

LessonThe information must be presented in a meaningful way. As a student, thinkabout the kinds of lessons that work and don t work. Design the lesson in a waythat you would find interesting if you were the student.

ExamplesYou must provide at least three examples to illustrate what the concept(s) looklike. This can be part of the lesson, but remember that it is one of the mostimportant aspects of your presentation. Without solid examples, it s difficult toactually learn something. Also, be sure to present the examples in a way that iseffective and meaningful. If you have more than one concept/fallacy to teach,then you must have a minimum of two examples for each one.

ActivityAfter the lesson, you must engage the class in some sort of activity that requiresthem to practice with the information you just taught them.

AssessmentDesign some sort of test/assessment that will allow you to measure whether ornot the students properly learned the material. Each group is required to scorethe assessments and return them to me within one week of your presentation.

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Each team will be graded on the following elements:

Preparedness(you must have everything ready to go and turned in the daybefore your presentation)

Clarity and accuracy of the lesson Clarity and effectiveness of example(s)

Quality and meaningfulness of activity

Quality and meaningfulness of assessment

Lessons will begin on Monday, January 13th

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Ad hominem / false analogy FRIDAY, JANUARY 17th

Appeal to ignorance(argumentum ex silentio)/ appeal to omniscience WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15th

Appeal to faith / appeal to tradition / bandwagon fallacy TUESDAY, JANUARY21st

Argument from authority (argumentum ad verecundiam)/ Appeal to consequences(argumentum ad consequentiam) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22nd

Argumentum ad baculum / argumentum ad ignorantiam / argumentum adpopulum THURSDAY, JANUARY 23rd

Begging the question / circular reasoning / equivocation FRIDAY, JANUARY24th

Confirmation bias MONDAY, JANUARY 27th

Fundamental attribution error TUESDAY, JANUARY 28th

Confusion of correlation and causation WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29th

False dichotomy / false continuum THURSDAY, JANUARY 30th

Non sequitur / post hoc ergo propter hoc FRIDAY, JANUARY 31st

Straw man fallacy THURSDAY, JANUARY 16th

Pseudoscience MONDAY, JANUARY 13th