Logic Dogs #1: A Quick Game
Here’s a simple game you can play to test some of your Logic Dogs vocabulary words. If you haven’t watched Logic Dogs #1, you can watch it now:
In following statements, roll your mouse over the antecedent.
1. If [tipsy content=’
‘ group=”0″ ]Theodore’s toy rolls under the couch,[/tipsy] then [tipsy content=’
‘ group=”0″ ]Theodore will bark.[/tipsy]
2. If [tipsy content=’‘ group=”0″ ]it is not raining,[/tipsy] then [tipsy content=’‘ group=”0″ ]Theodore will take an evening walk outside.[/tipsy]
3. If [tipsy content=’‘ group=”0″ ]Theodore’s person comes home for lunch,[/tipsy] then [tipsy content=’‘ group=”0″ ]Theodore will play ball in the hall.[/tipsy]
Now, let’s try another vocabulary word. In the following statements, roll your mouse over the consequent.
1. If [tipsy content=’‘ group=”0″ ]Theodore does a trick,[/tipsy] then [tipsy content=’‘ group=”0″ ]Theodore will get a treat.[/tipsy]
2. If [tipsy content=’‘ group=”0″ ]Bella comes over,[/tipsy] then [tipsy content=’‘ group=”0″ ]Theodore will bark his happy barks.[/tipsy]
3. If [tipsy content=’‘ group=”0″ ]Bella is sleepy,[/tipsy] then [tipsy content=’‘ group=”0″ ]Bella will sleep under a blanket.[/tipsy]
Now, let’s see if you can spot Modus Ponens. Remember that Modus Ponens affirms the antecedent. Which of these three arguments ends with telling us that the antecedent is true so the consequent must also be true?
1.[tipsy content=’‘ group=”0″ ]If Theodore’s toy rolls under the couch, then Theodore barks. Theodore’s toy rolled under the couch. Therefore, Theodore barks.[/tipsy]
2. [tipsy content=’‘ group=”0″ ]If you show Theodore a treat, then Theodore sits. You show Theodore a treat. Therefore, Theodore sits.[/tipsy]
3. [tipsy content=’‘ group=”0″ ]If you show Theodore a treat, then Theodore sits. Theodore did not sit. Therefore, you did not show Theodore a treat.[/tipsy]
And finally, let’s see if you can spot Modus Tollens. Remember that Modus Tollens denies the consequent. Which of these three arguments ends with telling us that the consequent is didn’t happen, so the antecedent must not have happened either?
1.[tipsy content=’‘ group=”0″ ]If Theodore’s toy rolls under the couch, then Theodore barks. Theodore did not bark. Therefore, Theodore’s toy did not roll under the couch.[/tipsy]
2. [tipsy content=’‘ group=”0″ ]If you show Theodore a treat, then Theodore sits. You do not show Theodore a treat.[/tipsy]
3. [tipsy content=’‘ group=”0″ ]If you show Theodore a treat, then Theodore sits. Theodore did not sit. Therefore, you did not show Theodore a treat.[/tipsy]
How did you do? I bet you did great! Thanks for playing!