Students will be
expected to present a section of the readings in logic and fallacious
argumentation either independently or in a group. Student presentations will
follow alphabetical order according to last names. Groups will present
according to the order of the participant whose name starts with the earliest
letter in the alphabet. We will continue to rotate through the alphabet until
all the elements of logical argumentation have been covered. At the end of this
time, student knowledge of effective argumentation will be tested. Any students
missing presentations will be required to make them up during a lunch period.
The order of presentations will be posted as follows:
What is an argument?
Validity
Cogency
Syllogism
Tautology
Modus ponens
Modus tollens
Disjunctive syllogism
Necessary and sufficient conditions
Deductive reasoning
Inductive reasoning
Strong Induction vs. Weak
Induction
Fallacies
Affirming the consequent
Denying the antecedent
Post
Hoc Fallacy
Confusing
a Necessary with a Sufficient Condition
Fallacy of four terms
Affirmative conclusion from a negative premise
Fallacy
of Composition
Drawing
the Wrong Conclusion
Using
the Wrong Reasons
Rationalization
Existential fallacy
Fallacy of exclusive premises
Fallacy of Necessity
Illicit major
Illicit minor
Biased sample
Argument from fallacy
Package-deal fallacy
Ad hominem (types)
Guilt by Association
Genetic fallacy
Half-truth
Hasty Generalization or Insufficient Sample
Misleading vividness
Texas sharpshooter fallacy
Gambler's fallacy
Perfect Solution Fallacy
False Dilemma or False Dichotomy
Association fallacy
Proof by example
Straw man
Fallacy of the single cause
Circular cause and consequence
Begging the question
Fallacies of definition
Appeal to consequences
Leading
Question
Argumentum ad baculum or "The Appeal to Force"
Appeal to fear
Argumentum ad populum or "Appeal to the People"
Appeal to flattery
Two wrongs make a right
Appeal to pity
Appeal to ridicule
Wrong Direction or Confusion of Cause and Effect
Slippery Slope or Domino Fallacy
Reductio ad absurdum or "Reduction to the Absurd"
Appeal to probability
Ad nauseam
Argument from ignorance
Appeal to tradition
Appeal to novelty
Equivocation
Ambiguity
Fallacy
of Division
Loki's Wager
Irrelevant
or Questionable Authority
Non sequitur
Appeal to authority
Continuum fallacy
False analogy
Historian's fallacy
Judgmental language
Wishful
Thinking
Naturalistic fallacy
Red Herring Fallacy
False attribution
False premise
False Compromise or Fallacy of the Mean
Meaningless statement
Poisoning the well