The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning

by Nathaniel Bluedorn, Tim Hodge (Illustrator), Hans Bluedorn, Rob Corley (Illustrator)

Overview

What is a fallacy? A fallacy is an error in logic - a place where someone has made a mistake in his thinking.

"A cloud is 90% water. A watermelon is 90% water. Therefore, since a plane can fly through a cloud, a plane can fly through a watermelon."

This is a handy book for learning to spot common errors in reasoning.

-Covers logical fallacies and propaganda techniques.
-Fun to use -- learn skills you can use right away.
-For ages 12 through adult
-Exercises with answer key
-Includes "The Fallacy Detective Game"
-Includes Calvin and Hobbes, Dilbert, and Peanuts cartoons.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016246123
Publisher:	Christian Logic
Publication date:	03/21/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	214
Sales rank:	391,761
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

In 1999 Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn decided to try to turn their interest in logic into a livelihood by starting FallacyDetective.com. Since then, they have written two books on logic for children and adults, The Fallacy Detective and The Thinking Toolbox.

Editorial Reviews

Written for junior and senior high students, this is a great introduction to logical fallacies. Cartoon and comic illustrations, humorous examples, and a very reader-friendly writing style make this the sort of course students will enjoy.

Thirty eight lessons are each followed by questions that can be used for discussion or written assignments, but I would really recommend gathering at least two students to have fun working through the lessons together.

http://cathyduffyreviews.com - Cathy Duffy

My family and I are really enjoying your book. Even my youngest son, who is eight, enjoys attempting to answer the questions. Your book was a great introduction to another program that I had purchased. Going directly into that program probably would have bored my children to tears but now they are interested in the concepts of logic. My children became instantly attracted to the program because of the the comic segments but later couldn't put it down. --LaVera, MD -- Parent

www.fallacydetective.com - Mrs. LaVera

I love your book! I never knew how much fun logic was until I read your book. P.S. I am 12 years old.

www.fallacydetective.com - Paul Muenzler