Thinking

Objectives

• Raises awareness that flawed thinking is found in hostile critiques of the Bible, whether among scholars or amateurs.
• Introduces you to logical argumentation while simultaneously exposing illogical thinking.
• Explains how exposing and addressing flawed thinking is crucial for apologetic discussion.
• Explains the importance of requiring coherence of yourself and the opposition when discussing the Bible

Pre-Work

• Watch:
  • Mometric Academy video, Top 10 Logical Fallacies (6:55)
  • GCFLearnFree.org video, Logical Fallacies (3:34)
  • Michael FitzGerald video, Unit 5.1: Causal Reasoning - Necessary and Sufficient Conditions (9:43)
  • Michael FitzGerald video, Unit 5.3: Correlation and Causation (7:44)
  • DIRECTV commercial, Don’t Wake Up in a Roadside Ditch (0:31)

Additional Resources

• Article
  • What is Peer Review? from sdsu.edu

Inductive Reasoning

Unit 5.1: Causal Reasoning — Necessary and Sufficient Conditions

• Necessary but not sufficient
• Sufficient but not necessary
• Both necessary and sufficient
• Neither necessary nor sufficient