Archive for Denying the Antecedent

A simple flash app to demonstrate the form of modus tollens. Add any proposition to the boxes marked 'A' and 'B' and press 'Start'. The argument will be filled in. [SWF]http://inquiry.mcdaniel.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/argumentMT.swf, ...

A simple flash app to demonstrate the form of modus ponens. Add any proposition to the boxes marked 'A' and 'B' and press 'Start'. The argument will be filled in. [SWF]http://inquiry.mcdaniel.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/argumentMP.swf, 550, ...

Flash-based interactive example of Venn diagram-enhanced categorical reasoning. This one is of A-type (Universal Affirmative) Obversion. Does 'All cats are felines' imply 'No cats are Non-felines'? [SWF]http://inquiry.mcdaniel.edu/wp-content/uploads/flash/VennObversionA.swf, 480, 320[/SWF] Obversion: negate the ...

An important first strategy in modeling a phenomenon is recording the activity of the components. In this version of Gizmo, we provide a recording device (the magnifying glass) to allow ...

'Gizmo' is a tool developed by Peter Bradley (McDaniel College) from an original design by William Bechtel (UCSD) to teach modeling as an investigating strategy in science. This is simplest ...