Bad Arguments! - mcp

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TAKE OUT YOUR NOTEBOOK THAT YOU WILL USE FOR THIS CLASS
2.
READ AND ANNOTATE THE HANDOUT – INTERACTIVE NOTETAKING
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MAKE NOTE OF ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE HANDOUT ON A POST-IT FROM
YOUR TABLE SUPPLY BIN.
WHY INTERACTIVE SCIENCE NOTEBOOKS
(ISN)?
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IT WILL HELP YOU TO PROCESS AND INTERNALIZE THE NOTES YOU TAKE IN CLASS
2. ALLOWS YOU A CREATIVE OUTLET TO TAKE MORE OWNERSHIP OF YOUR LEARNING
3. HELPS YOU TO STAY MORE ORGANIZED
4. HELPS YOU MAKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MULTIPLE PIECES OF INFORMATION
NOTEBOOK SET UP (RIGHT SIDE)
• THIS IS JUST YOUR NORMAL NOTES
• IT SHOULD INCLUDE NOTES FROM
• LECTURE
• READING
• IN CLASS VIDEOS
• LABS
NOTEBOOK SET-UP (LEFT SIDE)
This is where you get to be
creative and WORK with the
notes on the right side.
WE ARE GOING TO GET A LITTLE PRACTICE TODAY
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ON THE FIRST PAGE OF YOUR NOTEBOOK,
WRITE “TABLE OF CONTENTS” AT THE VERY
TOP
WRITE TITLE ON THE LEFT SIDE AND PAGES
ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
UNDER THE TITLE SIDE WRITE
1.
1. HOW TO AVOID BAD ARGUMENTS
UNDER THE PAGES SIDE RIGHT NUMBER 1 ….. (TO BE FILLED IN AT THE END OF CLASS)
NUMBER YOUR PAGES!!!!!
• NUMBER YOUR NOTEBOOK PAGES IN THE LOWER OUTSIDE CORNERS
• PAGE 1 STARTS ON THE PAGE AFTER THE TABLE OF CONTENTS
• ODD NUMBERS ARE ON THE LEFT PAGES
• EVEN NUMBERS ARE ON THE RIGHT PAGES
• NUMBER YOUR NOTEBOOK UP TO PAGE 20 NOW
• YOU MUST NUMBER THE REST OF THE NOTEBOOK FOR HW TONIGHT
Lecture and Images modified from “An Illustrated Book of Bad
Arguments” by: Ali Almossawi
ARGUMENTS FROM CONSEQUENCES
1. Addresses the truthfulness of an
argument based solely on the end
result.
2. Just because the result is not what
you wanted, doesn’t mean the result
is false.
3. Arguments like this tend to play on
people’s fears OR people’s wishes
AFFIRMING THE CONSEQUENT
1. If A, then C, but that doesn’t mean if C then A.
2. Do not get caught up in explaining a conclusion
based on previous experiences. Make sure you
have evidence and data to back it up
3. “People who go to college are successful. John
is successful, therefore he must have gone to
college.”
COMPOSITION AND DIVISION
• THIS ASSUMES ONE OF TWO THINGS
1.
2.
THE PARTS OF A GROUP OR SYSTEM SHARE THE SAME
CHARACTERISTICS AS THE WHOLE GROUP OR SYSTEM
THE QUALITIES OF THE GROUP OR SYSTEM ARE TRANSFERRED
TO THE INDIVIDUALS OF THAT GROUP
“ OUR TEAM IS UNBEATABLE. ANY OF OUR PLAYERS
WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE ON A PLAYER FROM THE
OTHER TEAM AND OUTSHINE THEM.”
HASTY GENERALIZATIONS
1.
THIS HAPPENS WHEN AN ARGUMENT IS
MADE BASED OFF OF A SAMPLE SIZE THAT IS
1.
2.
TOO SMALL
TOO UNIQUE/SPECIFIC
2. THE ARGUMENT MAKES A CONCLUSION
BASED OFF OF LIMITED DATA OR LIMITED
EXPERIENCE.
HOMEWORK
• FOR YOUR HOMEWORK TONIGHT YOU NEED TO COMPLETE THE LEFT SIDE OF
YOUR NOTES (REMEMBER TO REVIEW YOUR OPTIONS)
• CREATE IMAGES LIKE THE ONES YOU SAW TODAY
• CREATE A VENN DIAGRAM OR CONCEPT MAP
• COME UP WITH CREATIVE POEMS, STORIES OR SAYINGS TO REMEMBER THE
TYPES OF BAD ARGUMENTS
• FINISH NUMBERING THE PAGES OF YOUR NOTEBOOK