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1 PRACTICING & OBSERVING LOGIC & DEDUCTION Philosophy continued…

2 Yesterday’s Objectives  Wrap up with our group presentations by learning about Friedrich Nietzsche from Tom, Kayla, Levi  Gain more clarity on Socrates, syllogisms, inductive/deductive reasoning

3 Quick check / review  What’s a syllogism and how is it related to an argument?  What is the process of deduction?

4 Today’s Objectives  Practice deduction through Pico Fermi Bagels game  Watch two logical titans debate the existence of God – a debate held at University of Notre Dame – and capture how they use deduction to form their arguments  Dinesh D’Souza  Christopher Hitchens  Next week-- begin to look at a variety of moral issues and attempt to make logical arguments for your position about those moral issues; quiz towards the end of the week on philosophy

5 Practicing Logical Thinking: A Game  One person writes a 2-3 digit number  Another person guesses what that number is  For each guess, the number creator gives them a hint…  Pico Fermi Bagels Fermi: there is a correct digit placed correctly Pico: there is a correct digit placed incorrectly Bagels: no digits are correct

6 Watching a philosophical debate in action


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