Philosophy 6: Logic in Practice   

Pierce College

Department of History, Philosophy, & Sociology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group Exercise for Chapter 4 "Informal fallacies", § 1 "... Informal Fallacies"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Notes on the importance of group exercises.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group Work Summary: Each group crafts examples of the group's fallacy (either Composition, Division, Begging the Question, False Dichotomy, or Equivocation). 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 0):  Know your group's fallacy.  (Don't get into groups yet.) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 1 (ten minutes): Individually, get clear on what your fallacy is and why it is a mistake in reasoning.  Write out examples of your fallacy.  As best you can, make one example really obvious, one fairly obvious, one creative and/or fairly deceptive. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 2 (ten minutes):  In groups, discuss your own, individual examples in turn. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 3 (ten minutes):  In groups, craft your group's exemplar fallacies.  Try and present one really obvious example, one fairly obvious example, one creative and/or fairly deceptive example. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 4 (ten minutes):  Each group presents their exemplar fallacies.