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.