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

by Nathaniel Bluedorn (Author) , Hans Bluedorn (Author)

What is a fallacy? A fallacy is an error in logic – a place where someone has made a mistake in his thinking. For example, “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.”  Fallacies are all around us, and are utilized in advertising, the media, and in everyday conversation. This is an easy book for learning to spot common errors in reasoning.

• For ages twelve through adult
• Fun to use – learn skills you can use right away
• Exercises with answer key
• Covers logical fallacies and propaganda techniques
• Peanuts, Dilbert, and Calvin and Hobbes cartoons
• Includes “The Fallacy Detective Game”
• 2009 Edition introduces the special pleading and slippery slope fallacies

Great  resource to help your middle and high school students think outside the box.  214 pages Paperback