Fallacy Detective and Thinking Toolbox
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The
Fallacy Detective "features thirty-eight lessons on how to recognize bad
reasoning."
It has a Christian view of logic, is self-teaching, and is written
for ages 12 through adult. It includes The Fallacy Detective Game.
The Thinking Toolbox is also by the Bluedorn brothers,
Nathaniel and Hans. It has thirty-five lessons to help build your reasoning
skills. The Thinking Toolbox features a Christian view of logic is
self-teaching, written for ages 13 through adult, and can be used with The
Fallacy Detective.
3/05
The Fallacy Detective was chosen by Cathy Duffy as on of her "100 Top Picks for
Homeschool Curriculum" in the miscellaneous category.
12/07 One of our daughters called to tell us that studying Fallacy Detective and
Thinking Toolbox in high school helped her in her English class at college. When
I read the paper she turned in, I was impressed! She knows how to find, analyze,
and shoot down faulty reasoning and arguments. We're "prescribing" this for all
of our homeschooled children. The Fallacy Detective
The Fallacy Detective Deluxe Bundle
By Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn
The Fallacy Detective Deluxe Bundle includes
one of each of the following:
Fallacy Detective
Third Edition
Thinking Toolbox
Logic in
100 Minutes Workshop DVD
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By
Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn, Illustrated by Rob Corley
and Tim Hodge
Newly updated in 2009, The Fallacy Detective is now in its
3rd edition. It covers logical fallacies and propaganda
techniques.
There are exercises with an answer key.
It introduces the special pleading and slippery slope
fallacies.
There are many more illustrations and cartoons such as Peanuts, Dilbert, and
Calvin and Hobbes.
It also includes "The Fallacy Detective Game"
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By Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn
To look at sample pages on the publisher's website:
Sample Lesson from The Thinking Toolbox |
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By Hans Bluedorn and Nathaniel Bluedorn
In
the first of two fifty-minute workshops,, Learning to Think
Logically, Hans and Nathaniel show how to spot propaganda and
fallacies on TV and the Internet. They introduce ways parents
and students can combat illogic around them. Common errors in
reasoning are explained along with recommended books for
learning more about logic.
In the second fifty-minute workshop, Using
Your Thinking Toolbox, Hans and Nathaniel show how to look at
both sides of a controversial topic and decide which is right.
Logic can make boring subjects fun and memorable. Topics
include: how to spot a scientific hoax, opposing viewpoints in
history, and tools for scientific thinking.
For ages 10 to adult. the DVD includes
workshop handouts |
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