Connecting Ideas
📋 What it is
Logic tools link up — fallacy-spotting, deduction, and truth tables all check the same thing: does this follow?
🗣️ Coach says
The tools you’ve learned aren’t separate. Spotting a fallacy, checking a syllogism, filling a truth table — they all answer ONE question: “does the conclusion really follow from the reasons?” Pick whichever tool fits the argument in front of you.
🧠 Memory hook
Every tool answers the same question: does this actually follow?
😂 Giggle
Why was the red herring so sneaky?
Because it always led the argument somewhere fishy!
😲 Whoa!
The best problem-solvers don’t memorise one method — they keep a toolbox and choose the tool that fits, whether it’s a Venn diagram or a fallacy name.
✅ Quick check: To check “everyone smart uses this app, so it must be good,” which tool fits — truth table or fallacy-spotting?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Fallacy-spotting — it’s a bandwagon/appeal, not a formal statement, so naming the fallacy is the right tool.
Choosing the tool that matches the argument’s type is the core skill.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Take one argument and try TWO tools on it (name a fallacy AND check if it’s deductive). See which fits better.