Logic - Jeopardy

For the past two Monday's we've been playing a game of Jeopardy using lessons on Logic. One of my favorite books is The Fallacy Detective. What I did was take the first section of the book that covers "Avoiding the Question" and made this game. I typed up all of the example questions that they use throughout each chapter, grouped them into sections as follows:

L: Red Herring or None
O: Ad Hominem or Tu Quoque or None
G: 50/50.... this means that two choices will be provided for the answer (ex. Red Herring or Tu Quoque)
I: Good or Bad Appeal to Authority
C: Anything Goes (It could be any of the options)

I gave them cheat sheets to use that had each of the fallacies, along with their definitions and an example for them to use as a reference. We had a lot of fun and we still have cards left, so we will play again next week. I've decided to make a quiz for them to take at the end of this section.

I would share with you the copies of all the cards and the cheat sheets, but because they are not really mine, I typed everything verbatim from the book, I feel it would not be appropriate. So, I'll give you the fallacies for this section and their definition. I highly recommend the book, The Fallacy Detective, Thirty-Six Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning by Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn.


Avoiding the Question Fallacies:

Red Herring: Introducing of an irrelevant point into an argument. Someone may think (or they may want us to think) it proves his side, but it really doesn’t.
Ad Hominem Attack: (Latin for “to the man”): Attacking an opponent’s character, or his motives for believing something, instead of disproving his argument. It is not an ad hominem when someone only questions whether someone else is telling the truth.
Genetic Fallacy: Condemning an argument because of where it began, how it began, or who began it.
Tu Quoque: (Tu quoque means in Latin “you too.”) Dismissing someone’s viewpoint on an issue because he himself is inconsistent in that very thing.
Faulty Appeal to Authority: Appealing to the authority of someone who has no special knowledge in the area they are discussing. (when someone uses an appeal to authority as a way to overawe us and make us reluctant to challenge that authority’s viewpoint, he is committing a faulty appeal to authority. When the topic under discussion is controversial among respected authorities, then appealing simply to the opinion of a single authority is a faulty appeal to authority.)
Appeal to the People: Claiming that a viewpoint is correct just because many other people agree with it.
Straw Man: Changing or exaggerating an opponent’s position or argument to make it easier to refute.

Finding Joy in Our Divine Potential

I don't teach next week, but I wanted to make a handout for the lesson. I love the personal message from the YW General Presidency given to the youth. I'm so glad I made this handout... I might keep one for myself! Here it is in PDF.

Seeking The Companionship of the Holy Ghost

The Young Women lesson from Manual 1, Lesson 4, is Seeking the Companionship of the Holy Ghost. If it hadn't been for some computer challenges, I would have had more to share that were recommended in the lesson. Maybe another time I will finish my plans. For now, here is the handout in PDF.

Following the Example of Jesus Christ

Marion G. Romney, in the September 1972, New Era article, "What Would Jesus Do" gave some terrific advise on how to make decisions according to the will of our Heavenly Father. Below is a handout for the Young Women Lesson 3, in Manual 1, Following the Example of Jesus Christ.

Here is the direct link.
Here is the handout in PDF.

Jesus Christ The Savior

This is the handout I made for the upcoming Young Women Lesson, Manual 1, Lesson 2, Jesus Christ The Savior .... I hope you enjoy it.

Here is the front
Here is the back
Here is the PDF version, front and back

New Years Resolutions

This week's family home evening we reviewed the talk by Joe J. Christensen, “Resolutions,” Ensign, Dec 1994, 62–67. Then, we made both our own personal resolutions and those as a family. I made this excel document that divided the resolutions into the parts discussed within the article, and a few of my own. We have made some really good and reasonable resolutions. Now we just need to keep them!