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Timberdoodle's review Video Learn more   Watch a fallacy filled video commercial for the Fallacy Detective here! The Fallacy Detective - Revised Version Easy to Use, Engaging to Boot The Fallacy Detective is self-teaching, meaning no other resources are needed, but it is intended for children and parents to use together. It deals primarily with misleading notions. This is the most practical segment in the study of logic. Abundantly easy to use, and engaging to boot, we read The Fallacy Detective aloud as a family and enjoyed some friendly competition as we raced to answer the questions orally. Recommended Age Although the authors recommend this book for older children, Pearl was eight when we started it and we did not feel any of the topics were inappropriate -- heartbreaking perhaps, but not improper. Your family may differ, so we urge you to stay one chapter ahead if you are using this book with younger children. Even Reluctant Scholars Enjoy Learning About Fallacies By using short chapters, clear examples, a touch of humor, and interesting exercises, even reluctant scholars will enjoy learning how to identify fallacies. A full answer key is included at the back of the book. A Decidedly Christian Perspective Presented from a decidedly Christian perspective, The Fallacy Detective contains examples that concern conservative families, like abortion and politics. The practice and terminology will lay a great foundation for all other logic study. 227 pages.   Features 2009 Edition: More Fallacies, More Cartoons View a Fallacy Detective sample lesson here. View Fallacy Detective's Table of Contents here. 2009 Edition introduces the special pleading and slippery slope fallacies Peanuts, Dilbert, and Calvin and Hobbes cartoons Learn skills you can use right away Fun to use – not dry like a math textbook Self-teaching, not intimidating Covers logical fallacies and propaganda techniques Explains how to spot fallacies Each lesson has exercises, with an answer key at the back Includes “The Fallacy Detective Game” Geared for ages 12 to adult – publisher suggests using The Fallacy Detective before advancing onto more difficult logic programs Publisher's Information Subscribe to the authors' Homeschooling with Trivium newsletter, here. Author: Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn Pages: 214 Binding: Softcover Copyright: 2002, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9745-315-3-3 Publisher: Christian Logic Made In: USA Consumable: No Average Customer Review: Based on 3 Reviews. Write a review.

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The Fallacy Detective October 2, 2009 Reviewer: Cynthia Herrmann from Concord, CA United States   We were very disappointed with this book.  We assumed since it was sold everywhere it must be good.  However that faulty logic as we learned in Lesson10!  Many peple can be wrong or perhaps there are just not a logic programs available? The content of the book is fine but the exercises are terrible.  They often are so vague they could be several answers. Others need to rewritten to be more clear. I thought my son was just doing his usual complaining about this book until I did a week of lessons out loud with him.  We both agreed at Lesson 16 to stop this book and look for something else. Was this review helpful to you?

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Adds a zing of fun to our school day!! November 5, 2008 Reviewer: Hjordes N. from Loomis, CA   Each year we find one favorite supplement to our core curriculum that adds a zing of fun to our school day.  This year we discovered The Fallacy Detective.  The thirty-six short (short!) lessons in recognizing bad reasoning require no preparation, cover all the basics of logical thought without being "teachy," and keep us laughing.  Now, when I find a commercial or news article that contains a fallacy, I don't have to explain it to my daughter while she stares at me with glassy eyes.  I hand it to her and see if she can find the logic error. Fallacies have become this year's game.    The lessons in this book will serve my children well in their lifetime interpersonal relationships as well as in becoming logical thinkers in a world of tricks and sound-bytes.  It's also the perfect introductory book to future unit studies on advertising, the media, relational aggression, psychology, and current events.   My favorite thing about the book?  Hearing, "Just one more chapter, please?"! Was this review helpful to you?

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We had fun studying logic... November 4, 2008 Reviewer: Gerald W. from New Market, VA   We used this book as a worship time read with a 13-year-old Korean girl who was below grade level in learning English.  She enjoyed the lessons and happily noted the words she didn't understand so she could study them.  We had fun studying logic from a Christian point of view. Was this review helpful to you?

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