Critical Thinking: Fallacies from Relevance X

Posted by Hallee on May 20, 2010 in Critical Thinking, homeschooling

In this post, I will discuss the Fallacy of Division and Fallacy of Composition.

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Critical Thinking: Fallacies from Relevance IX

Posted by Hallee on Mar 9, 2010 in Critical Thinking, Parenting, homeschooling

In this post, I will discuss the Genetic Fallacy and the Gambler’s Fallacy.

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Critical Thinking: Fallacies from Relevance

Posted by Hallee on Dec 29, 2009 in Critical Thinking, Parenting, homeschooling

Fallacies from relevance ignore the point at hand and attempt to derail the argument by bringing irrelevancies into the arena of the debate. In this post, I will discuss the Ad Hominem abusive and the Ad Hominem circumstantial.

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Creation: Mother Nature’s Plan

Posted by Gregg on Dec 20, 2009 in Christian Faith, Creation, apologetics, homeschooling

Before I step into the primordial soup that is Chemical Evolution, which slips nicely down the logical slope into the quagmire of Abiogenesis, I must preface those future posts with some foundational data. This data is important for context. The foundational data we must examine has to do with the fallacy of Darwinist reification and the age of the earth. In this post, I will focus on reification.

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Critical Thinking: Critical Reading Strategies

Posted by Hallee on Nov 19, 2009 in Critical Thinking, homeschooling

These seven critical reading strategies can be learned readily and then applied not only to reading selections in a Literature class, but also to your other college reading. Mastering these strategies will help you handle difficult material with confidence.